Ah man the VC death trap. It's ok. I don't mean it like that but this is classic. It's unavoidable. They gotta make money. They took money, they gotta make money. It's not easy. Everyone has principles, developers more than anyone. They are developers, they are people like you and me. They didn't even start as ollama. They started as a kubernetes infra project in YC and pivoted. Listen don't be hard on these guys. It's hard enough. Trust me I did it. And not as well them.

This is the game. We shouldn't delude ourselves into thinking there are alternative ways to become profitable around open source, there aren't. You effectively end up in this trap and there's no escape and then you have to compromise on everything to build the company, return the money, make a profit. You took people's money, now you have to make good, there's no choice. And anyone who thinks differently is deluded. Open source only goes one way. To the enterprise. Everything else is burning money and wasting time. Look at Docker. Textbook example of the enormous struggle to capture the value of a project that had so much potential, defined an industry and ultimately failed. Even the reboot failed. Sorry. It did.

This stuff is messy. Give them some credit. They give you an epic open source project. Be grateful for that. And now if you want to move on, move on. They don't need a hard time. They're already having a hard time. These guys are probably sweating bullets trying to make it work while their investors breathe down their necks waiting for the payoff. Let them breathe.

Good luck to you ollama guys!