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I had no idea that the creator of d3js is also the co-founder of Observable! Now this move makes a lot more sense. I'm starting to believe this may be another c

I had no idea that the creator of d3js is also the co-founder of Observable! Now this move makes a lot more sense. I'm starting to believe this may be another case where the creator (rightly so) wanted to find a way to monetize his popular open source project. It's a shame this happened. I don't blame him, but the broken open source business model.

slumpt_ 5y ago
Yep, this is 100% my read. It’s a damn shame too because d3 is fabulous and I thought he’d already encountered enough wealth through his work with NYT etc. Surely there’s a way to grow Observable without cannibalizing d3.