Request - Stimulate 5.x Plugin Development

[nhawk]

Originally Posted by Brandon Sheley

I remember a time were developers made plugins to help the community, now it seems many are just interested in making a buck.
There are plenty of ways to monetize your time, allowing "paid plugins" here at the org isn't going to make you rich and using it as an excuse as to why a developer removed their plugins is just the lazy way out IMO.

I don't think anybody expects to get rich off of add-ons. At least I don't. Minor plugins were always free from me, and are on XF too. It's the major add-ons that I charge for.

For someone to accuse a developer of being lazy when some add-ons have weeks, and in some cases months of time devoted to developing them, is just ludicrous.

Expecting all add-ons to be free (and supported) is even more ludicrous.

If vB allowed paid add-ons I would have converted precisely 2 of my add-ons to paid. All others would have remained free. But, I can not justify supporting add-ons for free. My time is worth something, even if it's pennies per hour. But a total income of $75 over 5 years doesn't even work out to pennies.