Expo · B2B · tools for building React Native apps
Give the framework away free and charge for cloud builds and hosting
Cloud builds are one of the main revenue sources; no numbers
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What they did
The Expo framework and SDK are open source and free. Expo makes money from cloud services: running Xcode and Android Studio builds in the cloud, over-the-air updates (the analog of web hosting), web hosting, automatic submission to TestFlight/App Store and scripted tests on build artifacts.
What happened
Cloud builds are one of the main ways Expo makes money.
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