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But, you also have to be better than what’s freely available by enough to get someone to pay for it. Having a good product isn’t good enough, you have to be significantly better.

Dev tooling is a notoriously difficult space to make money. Free tools tend to win because if a tool costs money, a developer is just as likely to write their own version. (For better or worse)



> Free tools tend to win because if a tool costs money, a developer is just as likely to write their own version.

No, free tools win because a proprietary license is a rent-seeking ball and chain on your means of production.




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