Implement "enterprise-only" app support

[julien-nc]

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refs nextcloud/appstore#1785

The appstore apps will have a boolean attribute to express if they are enterprise-only or not.

To get the enterprise-only apps included in the app list we get from the appstore, it will be necessary to provide a valid subscription key. This could be done with a header like Subscription-Key.

Additionally, in the apps management settings, there would be an "enterprise-only" category to make those apps more discoverable.

[AndyXheli]

This sounds like what owncloud is doing where users are locked down from access apps without enterprise payment! Well TBH was not expecting this from Nextcloud!

[johnnyq]

This is a May fools joke, Nextcloud and every part of it will forever be FOSS.
You pay for the enterprise support usually for large deployments think health care, governments etc

[Skyb0rg007]

I think this makes more sense as a per-appstore setting, along with a feature that allows for multiple appstoreurls.

[MCHellspawn]

I have been running Nextcloud in my homelav for almost 10 years now. Sadly if this get done the way it sounds then I may have to move away. And I have been working on a plan to bring Nextcloud into my company and bring Nextcluud some revenue.

[wwebers]

This is the most stupidest idea. What next? To bind security features to subscriptions as well? As soon as Nextcloud decides to go this way I will guarantee you folk will stop advocating it, specifically in the area of public administrations.

[DaphneMuller]

@AndyScherzinger

[jospoortvliet]

This is the most stupidest idea. What next? To bind security features to subscriptions as well? As soon as Nextcloud decides to go this way I will guarantee you folk will stop advocating it, specifically in the area of public administrations.

Certainly not, it is something we do for app developers.

This is a change related to an announcement for app developers coming on June 9. I will try to avoid revealing too much now, but it's meant as a next step after we introduced the "donate" and "buy support" options last year in the store. We want to help more app developers earn a living with their apps. Right now, some app developers simply don't upload their apps and only offer them to customers, like custom apps for workflows at municipalities for example. We want to help them reach more customers and make their lives easier.

In a way it is similar to Wordpress, where there are many free apps, but there's also a ton of premium themes and plugins which are open source but still help people make a living.

Once it is out on June 9, we love to hear your feedback, 10 more days! EDIT: you can follow the announcement here: https://nextcloud.com/hub26-spring/

But I can tell you we won't change our business model: offering support and services to large organizations, without bothering small instances or home users with attempts to monetize their use of Nextcloud.