Comment by actionfromafar
Comment by actionfromafar 4 hours ago
I think it's because we are wired that attention is it's own currency nowadays. And it's also true. Even if there's no paid product, you get strength in numbers. If you depend on an open source library, it's usually better for you if others depend on it too.
Certainly an element of that but there are also cases where the superior product "lost" to the inferior product because the inferior one was better marketed.
So doing some level of promotion becomes necessary if you want users even when you have the better product - the superior product speaks for itself doesn't often apply any more.