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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 个月前How does this app survive economically?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 个月前Apps don’t need finances to survive. The creator of the app could be working on it entirely because they want to, and not because they get paid. As far as I know, NewPipe is just a front-end. It doesn’t host anything, and just runs as a client.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 个月前It seems to do some transcoding and storage. I suspect there are cpu and database costs that aren’t free.
minus-squareDragonOracleIX@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 个月前Most open source projects are not financially driven. The bigger projects, such as this, usually function like non-profit organizations.
How does this app survive economically?
Apps don’t need finances to survive. The creator of the app could be working on it entirely because they want to, and not because they get paid. As far as I know, NewPipe is just a front-end. It doesn’t host anything, and just runs as a client.
It seems to do some transcoding and storage. I suspect there are cpu and database costs that aren’t free.
Labor of love, I suspect
Most open source projects are not financially driven. The bigger projects, such as this, usually function like non-profit organizations.
https://newpipe-ev.de/