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Tailscale has raised $160M

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659 points louis-paul | 2 comments | 4/8/2025, 10:36:00 AM | HN request time: 0.401s | source
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wg0 ◴[4/9/2025, 5:50:00 AM] No.43629260[source]▶

Start looking for alternatives already. Nothing good came out of VC rounds and private equity for the end consumers ever.

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sidcool ◴[4/9/2025, 5:58:00 AM] No.43629293[source]▶

I understand the cynicism. But this is counter productive. Any venture has to have a finance angle. They are not missionaries.

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1. BiteCode_dev ◴[4/9/2025, 9:59:00 AM] No.43630502[source]▶

Steam does fine financially and without having to answer investors, which is why it's been able to stay mostly good to its user base for so long.

This is not an "xor" statement.

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2. wg0 ◴[4/9/2025, 12:09:00 PM] No.43631193[source]▶

So is Basecamp. Profitability is not a dirty word.