Joe Masilotti

I had an interesting idea for Ruby Native this morning. Instead of charging upfront, lets developers use the ENTIRE platform for free. Build iOS apps, submit to TestFlight, upload screenshots, etc. But toss a little 3 second slash screen “Built with Ruby Native” on launch.The idea being that serious folks will NOT want their customers to see this. And will then pay. But they get the FULL experience without dropping a dollar. Lots to figure out first. Will it cost me too much in cloud builds? Add a huge support burden? But I’m hopeful. What do you think? Would seeing the full picture make it easier to drop a few hundred dollars?RubyNative [dot] com Posted Mar 27, 2026 at 1:23PM