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Why is this app free?

It's a feature added on top of other apps, there's nothing stopping any of those apps from adding this feature and making Flutter a moot point...why not charge for the app now so you can profit before any of the apps you're piggy backing off of pivot and make Flutter irrelevant?

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While you have a valid point, Flutter has some pretty deep and well-trained computer vision code that can't be replicated in a month or two. In addition, even if one app (say iTunes) builds this functionality, users would still want gestures for other apps, which is why a separate gesture-recognition-focused product makes sense. I can see Flutter's core tech being useful (e.g., as an API) for a wide variety of uses beyond video consumption.

Thanks, we will look into it for sure. We just feel that we need to add more functionality first.

Good. And I apologize if that came off as disparaging, my fantasy football team is getting crushed today and I'm grumpy :)

I just want to see people make lots of money making awesome things, so make sure to factor that in before it's too late.

Thx man. No issues. My redskins are sucking as usual, so understand it. :-)

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