However, making money from open-source is hard, but I still hope that many will pursue this path. When deciding on a tool, I will always pick the open-source one. To me, it builds trust, and because it's shared as a gift for anyone to use, it makes me want to support it more.
Think of the Framework laptop; it's fully repairable, with every part replaceable, meaning you can replace the screen, even the motherboard, later on. This is something I want to support. Same with OSS. I believe the strategy shouldn't be to cash out on OSS.
The money stream should be independent of OSS. Much easier said than done, but there are still so many great DE companies I can think of that are doing a great job of doing exactly that. I hope it stays this way.
In case you want to follow along with the latest acquisitions, I curate a list in my notes. Check out its announcements and related notes here.
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