You think $100 is expensive for receiving private 1-1 support from technical experts for life...Yeesh. Have you tried hiring a lawyer for an hour?

Just a Start9 user here, but the support the provide is top notch. They have helped me and my buddies lots over the past 3 years - great way to support a top notch company IMHO

Doesn't matter. Lawyers' services are a completely different product and it has no bearing whatsoever on a choice to use start9's product. You've created an incentive for yourself to reduce the quality of your guides, which I'll say are top notch, but I have to doubt they will be going forward. And you could have chosen nostr for support, or anything. There are options. Just be sure the latest version of startos is freely available before you go out of business. No need to waste your efforts.

They work for money. Don’t you? They already give away the OS for free. $100 is the bare minimum we can do to support what they do

Actually lawyers in third world countries aren't that expensive for some of us but they are for people living there. This price of 100$ is for them astronomical. Think about them for a second not just profits which I totally understand that even you guys need to pay bills. I get that but, you might also start to think about regional-pricing. Seriously! Because I think there will be quite harsh response from the #diy comunity. Yes I am late to the party. My #start9 DIY server is not even 1 week old and I'm already disappointed.