It made me wonder how this kind of distribution fits into the philosophy of the Fediverse. Decentralization usually pushes toward open‑source, self‑hosting, and community‑driven tools — so I’m curious how people here view small indie tools distributed through platforms like Gumroad.

Is PWYW + closed‑source compatible with the Fediverse mindset? What do you personally expect from small tools shared in a decentralized ecosystem?

For context, here’s the project I’m experimenting with:

GitHub: https://github.com/Mietkiewski/MPomidoro

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[–] KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I really struggle to see what the benefit of federation would be here. That would mean that you would have several eCommerce pages with a federated product catalog? And if I buy on site A I might buy from someone on site B?

[–] mietkiewski_dev@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, I agree — federation doesn’t really apply here. I was asking more about expectations around distribution in a decentralized space, not about federating a storefront. Just trying to see where people draw the line for small indie tools.