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The Honest Economics of Free SDKs: Why We Give Away 200 MIT Components

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The Honest Economics of Free SDKs: Why We Give Away 200 MIT Components

You'd be right to be skeptical. A free SDK with roughly 200 MIT-licensed components on npm, plus a paid tier that wraps them — that's either a bait-and-switch with a rug-pull scheduled for next quarter, or a generous bet on distribution. It's the second one. Here's why the line between free and paid sits where it does, and why we think moving it would be a worse business.


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