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It's really not just a marketing gimmick — it's the sole reason why we are building Stack Auth, instead of going for one of the existing proprietary managed aut
by n2d4 2y ago
It's really not just a marketing gimmick — it's the sole reason why we are building Stack Auth, instead of going for one of the existing proprietary managed auth solutions. Trust me, we wouldn't spend time building this if we didn't believe in the one thing that makes us different.
I'll quote myself from elsewhere:
> Both Zai and I care a lot about FOSS — we also believe that open-source business models work, and that most proprietary devtools will slowly but surely be replaced by open-source alternatives. Our monetization strategy is very similar to Supabase — build in the open, and then charge for hosting and support. Also, we reject any investors that don't commit to the same beliefs.
Fortunately, nowadays a lot of VCs understand this (including YC, who has a 10+ year history of investing in FOSS companies); we make sure that the others stay far away from our cap table.
- ilrwbwrkhv 2y agoThey will eventually want you to have an exit. And there lies the problem. You should have gone for something like futo if you wanted the money. Right now there is an ideological dissonance in what you're doing. Same with supabase et al. The only reason the real open source is what the world is built on, is because there is a guarantee that they will never need an exit and the community will always exist.