I think it's fair for the solo dev to want to make money off of this. While I agree that hiding features behind a paywall leaves a bad taste in my mouth, I can understand for features that use more server resources like streaming 4k/60fps. Maybe a decent compromise here would be to limit plutonium to a few key desirable features (like high bandwidth streaming) and a supporter badge.
It's understandable that a compromise would be made if it were to be reduced in scope, I think that this would be agreeable as a proposal to most of my friends for them to consider the platform.
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