But this is the classic cycle don't you see? They almost always start as "here is an app I threw together, no ads, don't be evil".
But then a lot of people like your app, and ask for a small extra feature. You support it, and then get a bit annoyed by all the features people are asking for. Then you have to update it for the latest release... then suddenly fix it when some obscure version of Android breaks on it.
Then someone offers you £60k for a small ad no-one will even see and you think.. don't you deserve a bit of credit?
Maybe you'll be the good one who doesn't take it, but the free model is generally unsustainable.
That’s why you should try to use apps from reputable developers, who’ve already had countless such offers and refused them all.
The usual "400$/month per 1k users" stuff, just integrate an ad network is common, but sometimes as dev you even get offers like "we hire you, with a contract, you can’t be fired, legally you’re a consultant to us for 2 years, at a few hours per week officially, for a silicon valley wage, unofficially you just don’t do anything and collect but we get full control over your apps".
Personally I’ve had quite a few such offers, and I’ve rejected them in the past and will also reject them in the future
But then a lot of people like your app, and ask for a small extra feature. You support it, and then get a bit annoyed by all the features people are asking for. Then you have to update it for the latest release... then suddenly fix it when some obscure version of Android breaks on it.
Then someone offers you £60k for a small ad no-one will even see and you think.. don't you deserve a bit of credit?
Maybe you'll be the good one who doesn't take it, but the free model is generally unsustainable.