""I hope other companies follow Gitpod's lead and support the high achievers that our digital society is built upon by enabling them to become independent artis

""I hope other companies follow Gitpod's lead and support the high achievers that our digital society is built upon by enabling them to become independent artists that build truly open ecosystems"" This a great idea. It forgets that most artist starve. The meme of the "Starving Artist" working as a barista, is not in our cultural zeitgeist for nothing.