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A comment on Ask HN: Side project of more that $2k monthly revenue what's your project?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Side project of more that $2k monthly revenue wha... by Havoc on Friday April 14, 2023 @01:01PM (#35571827)
Interesting that people voluntarily pay. Write-up of bloggers doing the "buy me a coffee" button suggested to me that nobody pays like that.

I guess software is a bit more tangible than a blog post even if both have value.

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Re:Ask HN: Side project of more that $2k monthly revenue wha... by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Friday April 14, 2023 @01:15PM (#35571994)
One difference I can see is the "buy me a coffee" button isn't a "these are the people who bought me a coffee" list. I imagine most of these sponsors (from their perspective) are paying for advertising.
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Re:Ask HN: Side project of more that $2k monthly revenue wha... by Havoc on Friday April 14, 2023 @01:45PM (#35572378)
Ah good point
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Re:Ask HN: Side project of more that $2k monthly revenue wha... by HomeDeLaPot on Friday April 14, 2023 @03:43PM (#35573778)
Sounds like good advertising! If these companies are trying to sell hardware corresponding to this software, then having a callout right in the software's README is a great way to attract people who are discovering the project through GitHub. This wouldn't work as well if the product was oriented toward non-technical people (not discovering it through GitHub) or if the software wasn't directly related to the hardware (most OSS projects are probably run on general-purpose hardware).
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