I understand the request, because I would not use the service myself for the same reasons. But let's be real, if it became open source, I would just host it an

I understand the request, because I would not use the service myself for the same reasons. But let's be real, if it became open source, I would just host it and never pay for it. They would have to do more work for less money. Hardly fair. They can always start with a strong commercial offer, then later address the user locking issue. For them, I think it's a way better strategy. FOSS first is very hard to monetize. The Libre community is a terrible customer.