This is really just a very early prediction on my part of where YC may be headed. I, personally, feel very little animosity towards YC or their current methods

This is really just a very early prediction on my part of where YC may be headed. I, personally, feel very little animosity towards YC or their current methods but have become more wary of their direction. But yes, placing _too large_ of a priority on financial interests is always bad. Finding a pattern that works is a good strategy, but what's their fitness function? This seems like an easy way to fall into the trap of only looking at the short term. With the volatility of software startups, I can't blame them too much for that. It would serve their publicity greatly to show that they are still interested in improving the situation for us regular hackers and startup founders who are still at the bottom than appearing to just focus on their bottom line. This does not require lots of money or diving into unnecessarily risky investments.