#WritersCoffeeClub Oct. 16: How do you feel about people reading your works without buying a personal copy?
As long as I have enough, I don't mind. I've had all my apps on my site for free since like 2010. MediaAlarm is *guaranteed* forever free, despite me regretting it occasionally over the years. I have, in all that time, made exactly $0 on it all despite having had a donation link up the whole time. It's only ever bothered me when I had job insecurity.
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