You say Flowlab is making money by “making” users…
could you explain what you think “making users” are?
Flowlab doesn’t sell your data or displays ads on every corner of the website.
How else is Flowlab making money outside the subscription?
(and yes, schools count as subscriptions too)
It is 100% fair for Flowlab to have a subscription service like a few have already pointed out. I personally don’t have indie and flowlab works great for me, and as long as it keeps running I’m happy. I don’t have the time to learn how to code Java Script or Python and Flowlab gives me (and many others) a way to turn our ideas into reality, whether it be a free account or an indie account.
you make a good point but i think that the way things are is still fair. they could always also install ads but i think grazer is a little more considerate then that, and he does also give indie users a way to cancel out their payment for indie by making money on the games made on his platform, so this is a lot better than, say, scratch.