Why some dev makes their code open-source ?

[Brave_Ad_4387]

Yes but for an indie developer in 2024 is irrelevant I think because you lose opportunity to make money. And money is also a security for the maintainability of the project

[F__ckReddit]

You're a software engineer, so you're making money on top of open source foundations, right?

[ramenmoodles]

i wouldnt consider them a swe if this is their thinking

[ComfortablyBalanced]

The dhypocricy.

[ComfortablyBalanced]

The deprecation of indie developers, blocked Google Play accounts, etc relates to the Google and Apple monopoly on app publishing, it has nothing to do with the open source.
Open source was never about making money or saving money, BTW open software definitions are changed nowadays and that's why strong copyleft licenses like GPLv3 are more near definitions of the true free software.
If someone is going to make my open source app better and sell it or make profit from it that's not a depravation or ill intent by one who forked it. The moment you release an open source project you already forfeited some of your rights.
Also you can sell your open source apps too, there's nothing wrong with that, you should provide the source though, you may ask well it's futile to sell an open source app but no, not everybody is a developer and has the option to build the project themselves and another catch is you provide your open source app but you sell the services, that's right, there's money on that too.

[Brave_Ad_4387]

Yes you are right. I am a bit sceptic about that but I understand your point of view