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Tailscale has raised $160M

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655 points louis-paul | 1 comments | 08 Apr 25 10:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.352s | source
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wg0 ◴[09 Apr 25 05:50 UTC] 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 ◴[09 Apr 25 05:58 UTC] 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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BiteCode_dev ◴[09 Apr 25 09:59 UTC] 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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1. wg0 ◴[09 Apr 25 12:09 UTC] No.43631193[source]▶
So is Basecamp. Profitability is not a dirty word.