We get what we pay for. Nobody pays for high quality OSS but advertisers pay very well for surveillance driven adware. It’s tough for startups too but for diff

We get what we pay for. Nobody pays for high quality OSS but advertisers pay very well for surveillance driven adware. It’s tough for startups too but for different reasons. Startups doing interesting work can recruit top talent but they usually have to offer a good equity package too. Equity is tough since the supply is so limited in a growth company. If your startup is doing something that is boring as hell or worse adtech, the only option is to have a high margin business or a lot of VC to try to compete with the FAANGs on raw salary.