> We are currently spending $53.53/month on our services.
... and now they ask for ...
> we need $5,800/month in recurring donations to fund full-time Accrescent development
Sorry, but this doesn't make much sense considering the overall development of the app store.
I've been keeping an eye on it for some time now and for the past two years or so it didn't really change much. They catalog consists of 32 apps, out of which 3 are icons, 2 are the same app in different versions, 2 are one app and one companion app for it, and most of the rest are odd picks considering the far more popular alternatives on other app stores.
The app store itself has remained stagnant for a long time, without introducing any new features (screenshots of the apps? App descriptions? Ratings? Comments? Version history? Nothing). As a matter of fact, if you look at the releases changelogs, you will see that development is at its bare minimum: https://github.com/accrescent/accrescent/releases
I'm sorry to be negative here, but this OSS project does not appear to be the developer's main focus and this blog post makes it sound even more like an easy cash-grab. After reading through the post I am in fact more willing to drop the app altogether, rather than to donate for them to reach their goal of over $5k a month.
There are OSS projects where plenty more people are putting in significantly more work and that do not even come close to $5k per month in donations. This seems vastly out of touch.
For 2025 they have received...
> - 2025: $30,665.41
Which translates to roughly $2,500 per month.
> We are currently spending $53.53/month on our services.
... and now they ask for ...
> we need $5,800/month in recurring donations to fund full-time Accrescent development
Sorry, but this doesn't make much sense considering the overall development of the app store.
I've been keeping an eye on it for some time now and for the past two years or so it didn't really change much. They catalog consists of 32 apps, out of which 3 are icons, 2 are the same app in different versions, 2 are one app and one companion app for it, and most of the rest are odd picks considering the far more popular alternatives on other app stores.
The app store itself has remained stagnant for a long time, without introducing any new features (screenshots of the apps? App descriptions? Ratings? Comments? Version history? Nothing). As a matter of fact, if you look at the releases changelogs, you will see that development is at its bare minimum: https://github.com/accrescent/accrescent/releases
I'm sorry to be negative here, but this OSS project does not appear to be the developer's main focus and this blog post makes it sound even more like an easy cash-grab. After reading through the post I am in fact more willing to drop the app altogether, rather than to donate for them to reach their goal of over $5k a month.
There are OSS projects where plenty more people are putting in significantly more work and that do not even come close to $5k per month in donations. This seems vastly out of touch.