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rvz ◴[] No.36215936[source]
> Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross provided the pre-seed funding.

Why? Why should VCs get involved again?

They are just going to look for an exit and end up getting acquired by Apple Inc.

Not again.

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okhuman ◴[] No.36216267[source]
+1. VC involvement in projects like these always pivot the team away from the core competency of what you'd expect them to deliver - into some commercialization aspect that convert only a tiny fraction of the community yet take up 60%+ of the core developer team's time.

I don't know why project founders head this way...as the track records of leaders who do this end up disappointing the involved community at some point. Look to matt klein + cloud native computing foundation at envoy for a somewhat decent model of how to do this better.

We continue down the Open Core model yet it continues to fail communities.

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1. wmf ◴[] No.36216886[source]
Developers shouldn't be unpaid slaves to the community.
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2. okhuman ◴[] No.36217483[source]
You're right. I just wish this decision was taken to the community, we could have all came together to help and supported during these difficult/transitional times. :( Maybe this decision was rushed or is money related, who knows the actual circumstances.

Here's the Matt K article https://mattklein123.dev/2021/09/14/5-years-envoy-oss/