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This is what happens when no-one pays for their tools and I expect this to happen when more software becomes AI assisted.

The truth is donations do not work for tiny open source projects in the long term and even when Briar was quietly building for many years, it is clear that it is not enough.

I doubt that Briar saw much usage at all.
So?

Does that negate any of the points?

I don't think "That's what happens if Users don't pay for Software" is a good point, when talking about a messenger who had almost no regular users
> no regular users

Source?