1) Developer launches crowdfunding for $720.
2) Crowdfunding fails, because nobody cares about or uses the software.
3) Developer throws a tantrum.
Did I miss anything? Why is this Hacker News worthy?
Funding and making free software sustainable has always been a top priority topic. Free software developers also need money like the rest of us.
Nobody forced him to become a free software developer or release his software for free. Bottom line: Even for free, nobody uses his software, that is why he is pissed off.
> even with a worst case scenario of 1% conversion rate,
I don't know much about this, but wouldn't that be a very good conversion rate?