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Everyone wants free software developers to slave away for free. Give away your worldly things, don't worry about feeding your family or keeping shelter over your head -- just keep on cranking out new releases out of the goodness of your own hearts.

There are no practical alternatives.

It's just simultaneously true that people are sad about the inevitable loss of a previously open source project, and that people are happy the devs are now getting paid for their efforts.

Imo HN tends to show both once the comments settle.

One can be happy for the devs and founders but also lament the loss of a great product.