How the open-source ecosystem sustains
#Draft There are three main marketing models for software services. 1. Surveillance Capitalism: Monetization of user data 2. Ad Revenue: Presenting advertisements 3. Subscription: Payment for the service infrastructure 4. Self-hosting: If the users don't want the infrastructure, they can host it for themselves Open source software generally goes with options 3 and 4. With self-hosting, there is no longer the argument of having to run the infrastructure. This also makes it easier for everyone to access essential software.