Doubloons - crowdfunding for the Sailfish armada? [not relevant]

A swype-like keyboard would nevertheless be a good thing. Other improvements could also be added this way. Just imagine getting a native app for free because crowdfunding made it happen. Even if it would take money to create the app it could still be added to the jolla store as a free (gratis) app.

Devs can ask for crowdfunding. The only thing jolla can do is advertise it a bit ie through twitter or facebook or whatever.

We already had a campaing for porting a Bitcoin wallet that failed. With paid apps coming devs will probably get more active. I hope at least. There are many apps that SF OS "needs".

@ApB - True. ...and it would be nice to have an unlike solution to that situation. A lot of apps are only created to make money, not to make life easier.

Well making money makes life easier for the one making them :P And its up to the individual to decide how he is going to get money. Even if others don't like the way he makes them. Crowdfunding is a solution, through the shop is another, adds, maybe an annual contest supported by jolla or the community (ie community collects a sum best app gets it) for a one time prize, a bounty etc etc. Many ways.

We are in a weird state right now where most devs are of the one man band/hackish type and the platform is not big enough to attract teams of devs that will write awesome apps. As i said i hope things will change. There are many type of apps the platform needs.

Would it be possible to reward a bounty to the programmer/team that completes a certain chore? I am hoping to keep as much as much of the software opensourced but even universities are turning into secret thinktanks these days so yes, there is a problem. The image i had in my head as i typed the question was that of a street musician (with an eye patch and a parrot) singing on the street corner with a hat on the concrete.