Document Foundation starts charging €8.99 for 'free' LibreOffice
One question that often comes up on HN is how to make open source sustainable. This is  one avenue that will allow funding of open source applications.<p>What we found out with Spotif, Netflix, ... is that people are willing to pay for a convenient access to media. They could get the same content on pirate websites but it takes a while and there are some risks associated with it.<p>This dynamic probably also true for software distribution channels. Users can download and compile the source, and side-load it on their phone. It&#x27;s just more complicated and you don&#x27;t get automated updates anymore.<p>The main blocker right now is that people are used of getting things for free. Changing that social contract is going to be difficult.