I think that the case of Raivo is similar to your hypothetical, and my recollections is that they were de-listed/un-recommended after the news of the purchase. I don’t recall there being any technical changes cited as reasons for de-listing, the purchase itself was reason enough to preemptively de-list them (at least that is my recollection, there was forum post about it you could search for).
I found this post from Obsidian founder quite insightful regarding user vs vc backed projects: 100% user-supported — Steph Ango
And also why just open-source is not enough:
These are all separate vectors:
- VC vs user-supported
- Files vs databases
- Open vs proprietary formats
- Open vs closed source
- Extensible vs non-extensible
- Private vs privacy-invasive
An open source app can be VC-backed, store its data in a proprietary format, have terrible APIs, and include telemetry
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Sure, but Obsidian has also gotten a lot of criticism for not being open source… The founder might have a bit of an agenda…
Furthurmore, id it stored its data in a proprietary format, in my opinion, it isn’t really open source (save a few exceptions where the software is essentially a mod for existing software or trying to be compatible with existing software).
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Regardless if he has an agenda or not, what he says about VCs makes a lot of sense, and matches a lot of sentiment in this thread. The post is also a response to Skiff shutdown.
It’s all about trade-offs anyway. I’d prefer a closed-source software which respects my privacy vs an open-source data collection machine. Especally if I can take my data with me anytime.
You couldn’t know that, since it’s close source.
No, it doesn’t. All he said is why Obsidian doesn’t need to be an open source software in privacy space, which is not true. Privacy comes after transparency, not before.
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That’s not true: if software doesn’t talk to internet it can’t leak my data.
If you’d read the post, you’d see that he says what Jonah said here: Avoiding the next Skiff - #69 by jonah
Eventually all VCware must exit. That means being acquired or going public to pay back investors. It’s expected that 9 out 10 startups will fail. That’s just part of the math in a VC portfolio. The startups that have big exits pay for the ones that fail. Venture capital creates the unavoidable pressure to go big or go broke.
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Would it be worth making a domains section at the top of the email section or in its own section (with a link to it in the email section) explaining the domain privacy options and providers for each? I know there’s some mention in the aliasing section but it doesn’t just apply to aliases. Or is PG not really interested in recommending registrars?
I know owning a domain privately is hard but it’s not impossible. A domain proxy like njalla would be used for highest levels of privacy with the risk of losing the domain if the proxy service shuts down. On a separate level for some folks who aren’t hiding from governments then whois privacy might be good enough for their threat model.
I’d be willing to type up a section for this but I’m a total noob at GitHub.
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There was already a whole discussion on removing skiff with many votes prior to the announcement. So even if skiff wasn’t bought it probably would have been removed anyway.
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