> Truthfully, I would release Feetr for free because I believe that it can help people in an economy which is becoming harder and harder to exist in. Not only has investing in Feetr allowed me to quit my job but a few of my beta testers have been able to make more than their monthly salary.

> It's not free because I believe it to be morally wrong for me to be able to invest in Feetr stocks as I have early access to, and total control over, the data. And it's not released as a self hosted service because it would cost at least as much to host, and this way everyone gets the same updates and nobody needs to worry about server management/security.

This was my comment when asked on IndieHackers. And I have used Feetr investing in order to generate the income to quit my job and develop it full time.

We had the same line in the Pharma viz decades ago…. If you can predict active compounds consistently with your software, you don’t sell the software you license the compounds.

The usual answer is that it doesn't scale and this is more profitable.