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Something to keep in mind is that Slint is not an Open-Source project. If you'll want to improve Slint you'll have to give away your contribution under the MIT No Attribution License (MIT-0) license, yet if and when you'll want to use Slint, you can get it as a paid or GPLv3 license.
In my mind this is more of a ~~proprietary project~~ closed development model (EDIT for correctness, see comment below). The development model is not around freedom and equal rights, with the project being able to stop giving you access under any open-source license whatsoever, all while continuing to use your contributions.
It's not unfair. In fact, it might be a great project. Just not open-source as a project overall, if you care about this.
I checked out Slint and immediately closed out when I saw a pricing page. Some software is worth paying for, but a GUI library for me isn't one of them. A community can usually keep a GUI library going because it doesn't change a lot after it matures.