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Exactly. I respect their decision to go closed source if that's what they need to do to make it a viable business, but just be honest about it. Don't make up so
by mdp 6mo ago
Exactly. I respect their decision to go closed source if that's what they need to do to make it a viable business, but just be honest about it. Don't make up some excuse around security and open source.
- bearsyankees 6mo agoI don't know if I fully agree with this -- how many people were actually self-hosting cal infra? I def could be wrong though
- sixhobbits 6mo agoit's not necessarily about people self hosting it, it's about people preferring to pay for hosted stuff that is open source (e.g. I pay for Plausible). Now it's a lot easier to rewrite open source stuff to get around licensing requirements and have an LLM watch the repo and copy all improvements and fixes, so the bar for a competitor to come along and get 10 years of work for free it a lot lower.
- pembrook 6mo agoThe issue isn’t would-be customers going to the trouble of self hosting to save a measly $30/month. The issue is competitors popping up to clone your offering with your own codebase.
- renewiltord 6mo ago[flagged]