This app will never be open source

I had the idea for lowkPRO about 5 months ago or so. I wanted something like AutoHotKey but with Lua. And I wanted to see if I could bind the entire Windows API to Lua.

Overall, I spent about 1000 hours making the app and its docs. I wrote about 2000 lines of C# code that consumes a .winmd file. That code produces over 3,000,000 lines of C++ code.

The whole time that I wrote it, I was convinced it was worthwhile. I thought people would like to have the Windows API in Lua. I thought it could become a genuinely useful app platform.

Maybe if I fleshed it out a little more, that would be true. If I wrote something like Tk on top of it, it could be great. I could add a reactive GUI framework in it using Lua.

But as it is right now, nobody has purchased a single license. And most likely, nobody will, even if I add those features. It seems to me that the app's usefulness is wholly nullified.

That said, I have seen apps that get low sales go open source. I think the logic is, if not money, at least I gain reputation. It could go on a portfolio when applying for a new job.

I wonder how often consumers pressure companies into this. Maybe they adopt open source alternatives and wait it out? Or maybe it's never intentional, just basic supply and demand?

As for getting a job, I don't want or need one now. All current software jobs require you use or build AI. But I refuse to work with AI on fundamentally ethical grounds.

As for money, I have no need of that anymore either. I sleep in my car and live entirely on passive income. A minimal life is easy, comfortable, and freeing.

As for open sourcing it altruistically, that's just false. More or better technology is not inherently better. All technology can be used for evil as much as for good.

So my app will remain proprietary indefinitely. Maybe nobody will ever buy it. But at least I will always have my integrity.