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Tailscale has raised $160M

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655 points louis-paul | 2 comments | 08 Apr 25 10:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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elAhmo ◴[08 Apr 25 14:09 UTC] No.43621983[source]▶
When I saw the new round, I was instantly worried about change in direction that will most likely come with this, and effectively drive away regular users from a tool that seems universally loved.

Similar sentiment can be seen in the discussion from three years ago [1] when they raised $100M.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31259950

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braginini ◴[08 Apr 25 14:38 UTC] No.43622328[source]▶
Try netbird which is an open-source alternative to free yourself from worries xD https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird
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650REDHAIR ◴[08 Apr 25 16:27 UTC] No.43623563[source]▶
Thank you for sharing this link!

I was about to slog through AI search results looking for an alternative.

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drcongo ◴[08 Apr 25 16:56 UTC] No.43623903[source]▶
I've been tracking this space for a while just out of annoyance that Tailscale offers ssh on the free tier, then not on the "starter" paid tier. Netbird is by far the best of the alternatives that I've tried.
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stavros ◴[08 Apr 25 23:02 UTC] No.43627320[source]▶
Can you comment a bit on what you liked about them, especially compared to Tailscale?
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1. drcongo ◴[09 Apr 25 08:30 UTC] No.43630045[source]▶
Well, it's important to start with saying I didn't like it as much as Tailscale, but I liked it a lot more than any of the others I tried. The UI for their dashboard is very good and getting it up and running was pretty trouble free though the docs could be a little better.
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2. stavros ◴[09 Apr 25 08:31 UTC] No.43630054[source]▶
Ah, that makes sense thank you!