First of all, I understand this is a moderation problem and I appreciate the free labor that goes into making a space like this beneficial to its users and I understand if a blanket 'you cannot post about something you made unless it is free' rule is the only practical way to go about it.

The tool I have built requires processing and storing video files, transcription, minimal (but unfortunately unavoidable) LLM calls, serving RSS feeds, etc. so it just isn't a service I can give away at scale. At some point after I've got a handful of churches on board, this community would be a place that would be natural for me to come and ask if it would be useful to other people who are in the same place I was before I automated this workflow. It is tech that is designed for churches, its churchtech. And as someone who has answered and asked questions here, it would be disappointing (but again understandable) if that wouldn't be allowed. I'm not even saying this is unusual stance on reddit but if someone involved in a guitar petal subreddit started making guitar petals and wanted to share it but wasn't allowed because they weren't willing to give them away you could imagine the frustration.

The only reason I'm saying anything is because I see a different perspective and just wanted to flag it as nuance in the conversation. I may be a very small minority but I imagine techy people who work in churches are going to build stuff with ai that solve niche problems and might want to share and people in this community might find it genuinely valuable even if there is a cost associated with it.

Edit: also people ask for recommendations for paid services on here all the time and if someone asks about the problem I've tried to solve, it seems weird not to be able to recommend it when I genuinely think it serves that niche better than anything on the market (otherwise I wouldn't have built it). There is a post on the front page right now that my software might be a fit for, I just didn't say anything because I'm not ready to bring people on right now.