SUSE or RedHat are excellent examples when it comes to monetizing OSS for large businesses. What about consumer software? I do not think OSS will survive monetization when it comes to dealing with individual consumers.
And then there's the question of SaaS. OSS exists but a lot of high quality alternatives are paid. I don't think services like Todoist, Pocket, Evernote etc would exists on the open source model you described.
And then there's the question of SaaS. OSS exists but a lot of high quality alternatives are paid. I don't think services like Todoist, Pocket, Evernote etc would exists on the open source model you described.