alt Hacker NewsAs an indie hacker using better auth, I’m somewhat skeptical of there now being VC money in the mix (enshittifcation is a process that starts with VC money). But from my time working for enterprise, they often prefer OSS products that are well-funded for their stacks so they can rely on them for a longer amount of time. So I’d suppose this would help in that regard. Also having a cloak-like SaaS solution might be nice for those who don’t want to host their own infra, though I‘d advise against relying on third parties for auth.
Thanks for your comment! You really nailed as to what sort of discussion I wanted I guess.
I agree so much with the enshittifcation but like, I never understand why atleast open source projects need VC funding/ if they really want to earn money, might as well bootstrap it and try to get some Business customers for support etc.
But if you are saying that to get business customers, I need vc funding, then I guess it forces some enshittifcation.
I am okay with having a SaaS solution but what I truly don't understand is why we need vc funding.
I truly love developers wanting to earn money with open source. I appreciate them because they are essentially giving us gifts and being altruistic and I want to live in a world where people who can, do support them. But I am not okay with is some corporation now deciding the direction to go for open source (and that corporation doesn't care about the craft or the community, they want money.. they want returns since its just a number to them really) and that force of direction really alienates communities and just forks appear and just tbh it becomes messy.
I am more than curious as to why enterprises want VC funded OSS products. Yes you rely on them for a longer amount of time, but it also increases the chances of rugpull quite significantly imo. I don't think that one should just get VC funding just because entreprises like it. Should they?
Maybe I am so alienated with startup culture but I just want anything I build to not burn piles of cash that I need to rely on someone else, and I'd rather be profitable from (day one?) with my own bootstraped company / basically being a indie hacker like you I suppose. I get why some companies need VC funding and they become startups but I don't think that literally everything should be startup I am not sure.