That kind of business model doesn't work in high competition markets:

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There aren't many devs here that have experience with monetization in very open, competitive markets. Most either have zero entrepreneurial background and/or come from some kind of SaaS model.

Damus' model sounds like they're starting a bar:

- where the beer is free, but it's a mix of all kinds of beer (of which 90% is straight up ~~piss~~ Heineken)

- where you can stay for max 3 hours

- where some people pay a monthly fee for staying longer and access to some backroom

This, in a street where you have millions of other bars:

- that all cater to their own very specific beer-lover audiences

- that are paid, but beat anything else in terms of price-quality

- that can change their pricing any second to adapt to the volatile market forces in the industry

- where customers are treated as part of the value add of the bar