What do you mean by "practical aspects have become a huge burden"? Is it fixing bugs, adapting to changing environments, feature requests by user, communicating with your userbase, or something else?
If you are so keen on having disclaimers maybe you should also disclaim in which FAANG companies you worked and which SaaS Startup you are speaking for (as mentioned in your bio).
But open source libraries have a price point of zero - competing on a lower price would be negative. Other paid libs at least have a price that sustains the developer and/or company behind it.
Yes, thats my observation too. While sometime you find libraries that can be bought (e.g. ExtJS), there is no real market for libraries as everybody is used to use open-source, pay nothing, and adapt it to their needs.
But isn't this a little bit perverted system? We build a software app or library that has great value for other people and companies and we do not get paid for this but have to find ways around it to get something back. Imagine that would be the case with normal jobs - we go to work at Google without a salary and then have to find ways to pay the bills with helping other with SEO.
My hypothesis is that Open Source Software (Linux, OpenOffice, etc.) is a great gift because there isn't enough money to buy commercial software. However, open source libraries can be seen as a problem because today you can't easily build and sell libraries as everybody expects and uses open-source libraries.
Today, you have to build a bigger useful library, start a company around it, advertise, and sell it as a product - which is a big monetary investment. Starting with a small useful library and slowly receiving some money could help developers to get more interested in developing libraries - especially when young or living in low-wage countries.
The plan with PayDevs is to give maintainers a choice - it's their decision to monetize or not monetize their open-source libraries. Furthermore, the sourcecode still stays open - only the convenient access to build modules / compiled libraries will cost a dollar a month.
No, I just want to hear different opinions from different parts of the world. Just because we live in the western world with high salaries does not mean that this is the norm.
Btw. Stripe and PayPal also have subscriptions out-of-the-box but I'm not sure what ChargeBee offers more.
Furthermore, have a look at Paddle (https://www.paddle.com/) they cover the worldwide tax handling and have subscriptions (AFAIK they operate as a "middleman" and you only have to have a business relation with them and not your customers individually).
As for landing pages - there are platforms offering them such as Unbounce https://unbounce.com/landing-page-templates/ (even if a little bit pricey). Personally, I would integrate the landing page on your website / same domain - this will help you site with SEO.
And what is your problem discussing the topic? I have an opinion (like you) and I just want to know what other thinks of donations and if it works for them.