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I would hesitate to characterize a service running on grants and donations as a good model for your typical startup to imitate.

• forgotmypw17 3y ago
  Why not? It is one of the most sustainable models if you want to maintain quality and avoid enshittification.
  • Kalium 3y ago
    The VC-oriented financial model (that is, your typical startup) is fundamentally incompatible with Mastodon's non-profit financial model. As a result, very different choices around licensing, funding, and business structure are good fits. Each tool has its use and serves its specific purpose. What works for Mastodon might not work for others trying to advance different goals.
    • mcny 3y ago
      Nobody should take VC money unless they absolutely have no other option.
  • pc86 3y ago
    The primary goal of a startup is to make money through acquisition or IPO, and the primary goal of business more generally is to make money selling a good or service. Grants and donations don't really fit into that, and isn't the topic of this whether or not to open source the code of a commercial venture?