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I recommend ignoring these kinds of people. No good will come from marketing to them.

I recommend to focus on the people who value your work, and are happy to pay for your product.

How do you find them?

That is step 3) usually marked as '???'. Step 4 is profit.

Disappointed nobody had an answer here...

tbh, the 'fellow developer' is actually a friend. It was fairly surprising to hear him say that...