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Comment by soheilpro | Hacker News Reader

After my phone was stolen last month, I switched to https://2fas.com and couldn't be any happier.

It's free, open source and has tons of great features.

How does this unknown Delaware company support 12 employees working on a free mobile app? There's zero verifiable information available about its history, and the founder seems to be heavily involved in cryptocurrency.

My guess is they're all contractors and work as needed

Yup - that! Plus we have donations. We know it's not a perfect way to earn money, but our priority is to deliver the best, most secure and private 2FA app out there!

Thank you! That's awesome!

Looks good at a first glimpse. Please don't write "it's free". That's a non-message many companies give, Google of course one of them. We know that it means you pay by providing your data. Other models could be "run by volunteers" or "fully funded by donations".

But it is free, both by the casual definition (zero cost) and by FSF definition (Free Software).

He wants to distinguish between "free: you pay with your privacy and we share your data with whoever wants it!" or "free: but only basic features, want more? pay" and "free: because people like you help it being 100% free and we have no pressure to use your data and everything is open so you can look at the code"

Many open source enthusiasts are really 'dont like paying money for things' enthusiasts.

That’s certainly a big part for me. But it’s not about saving $2, I think that free is sustainable therefore likely to run in 50 or 100 years where any non-zero amount decreases that probability.

So if I don’t pay money for things there’s not a service element, or a phone home to activate element, or other things that require an ongoing cost.

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