prof18

Yeah, I agree. The process is not so easy and this can cause barriers to entry.

And that's why 5 years ago I've published my first libraries on JCenter. Back then I was still at the university, never worked yet in the field and JCenter seemed to me the least painful path.

Nope. Because I truly believe in community and open source. I'd not be able to sleep on night and I'd prefer to shut it down rather than selling.

I'll never do that, because I've done it without any kind of profit in mind. I've done it just to help people and the community.

I think that if the app is open source, it's harder to hide such behavior.