Hey, we’re late to the party though we were the first invited!
It does not look like there’s much left to be said here, and as @andrewgassen has pointed out - everyone here is right in their own way.
But we probably cannot say this better than @seanhoots did.
Making (and maintaining) plugins, though seems simple - is super hard work, that currently does not yet pay off, neither in financial regard, nor in any other.
Especially if you have a few, like we do.
Most of the feedback we’re getting is people complaining about the pricing one way or another, so we’re getting used to it 
and we’re always happy to have this conversation and revise where we accidentally have an extra zero to the price 
But the way this particular discussion started is straight out rude.
It’s both that and the criticism of a particular plugin developer, let’s be honest
We understand that we just happened to be the scapegoats here, but you did specifically criticize us (simply to strengthen your point of course), but still (and we’re cool with that )
And by the way, we do agree that that was an overkill for that plugin you mentioned, so point taken - prices are already adjusted to what seems to be a bargain for the amount of work this requires to be maintained properly. 🎁 Massive Price Drop on Zeroqode Plugins
So to summarize, here’s our standpoint:
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Should the plugins be free?
Some - sure. All - probably not. -
Will people all of a sudden start to contribute to open-source plugins if all of them will become OS?
I don’t think so, but let’s see where this initiative (A call to all (free)plugin developers. Open Source Community) goes - we’ll watch and contribute with what we can -
Does the developer currently have enough incentive to keep doing the plugins for the community?
Nope, you will need to depend on other source of income and really love Bubble to keep going. -
Will it always be like that?
Of course not - Bubble is going to start explosively growing at some point, and that’s where everyone’s bet is, besides the willing to give back to community and being able to keep the lights on until then of course. This is probably the point when free plugins, OS community and many other things like low prices will kick in. -
So should everyone be ok with expensive plugins and not enough support?
Definitely not, and that’s another amazing use of the Bubble community.
I say - keep patting the makers on the back to deliver their best, definitely pinpoint our shortcomings (wrong pricing, bugs, poor docs, you name it), for us all to understand where do we go next.
Bubble is (relatively) new and absolutely revolutionary, and the Marketplace for both Plugins and Templates is just starting to scratch the surface of what it can really become one day.
There’s no way plugins kill Bubble’s potential, but yes - we should all work harder to make it better, and we can only do that by experimenting, succeeding and failing (sometimes) on the way.
I say we do that together, and not by challenging if any of us produces anything of value I bet that did not feel too good to get a taste of your own medicine right there.
P.S. Although we got some of the “heat” here, we highly support @radarcg and any like minded individuals challenging some of the things that just are the way they are.
While sometimes there’s a very good reason for it - in a lot of cases this can and will give us all a right perspective, and we may all win
Kudos for that!
Vlad@Zeroqode