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Polar – An open source monetization platform for developers

11 pointsby siegers9 months ago

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Reubend9 months ago
What&#x27;s the benefit of being open source for a centralized service like this? Or am I missing something?<p>If the entire backend is closed source, which I assume that it would be for a merchant of record, then the frontend being open source doesn&#x27;t really help much. But perhaps I don&#x27;t understand their product. The landing page doesn&#x27;t really clarify whether they wrap an existing service from another provider or handle everything themselves, and their docs mention payouts from Stripe.