A lot of very good, practical reasons that mostly have nothing to do with ethics, although I am a big fan of the principles of free (as-in-speech) software.
First, it needs to be open source so that you can audit it to make sure it's not going to steal your money. I simply wouldn't risk using some random piece of code from the internet (which could do literally anything) to manage my crypto investments, and nor should you. Being open source means you can rely on the wisdom of the developer community even if you are't a developer yourself. Being open source means it is next to impossible to stop someone just downloading the code and using it without paying a penny.
Next, a team is needed. An application such as Orko would be very hard to monetise without a massive commitment to support and maintenance. People use this software to manage large amounts of money, and what it's doing (talking to a large number of third party services) means it needs constant effort to keep working. Right now, just starting, it's just me. I need the help of more developers, or at least to be able to say "if you want it, submit a pull request". Just from a purely economics standpoint, what's in it for them? This isn't a crypto exchange; Orko doesn't take fees, and no-one would use it if it did. There's never going to be much money; certainly not enough to pay engineering, dev-ops, support and operations staff.
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