Oddbean

I have not found a single open source toC application case. ToC applications lack a positive incentive mechanism for open source. Zuckerberg open sourced Llama because Meta missed the best time. He was forced to open source by competition and surpass OpenAI by imitating Android. The other reasons are all high-sounding. He is not an open source advocate. These vested interests who advocate open source are also unwilling to open source their current successful applications. The successful open source companies I have seen are toB companies. Most of the successful open source software companies open source some common tools in some emerging industries. For example, the big data and AI industries. After more companies use this tool on github, they provide value-added services around the tool. For example, Databricks. Starting a business is difficult. You have to face team salary and product revenue issues every day. Lightning wallets also need to face legal risks. I understand Tony's pressure, but this is the price of creating new things. You can take a break if you feel you can't stand it. This is a rare opportunity to reflect and grow. It is common for startups to fail, and failure is a way to find the right path. But Tony needs to consider his future direction. "I've fallen out of love for Bitcoin and the industry." nostr:note1gf6y5va70nwkp89ed9sungtjsyjfysds9msn3vh7qcz9hdnr32fql36gsd

Their income stream is non-KYC payments, in their case subscriptions. This is the way, but strangely, whenever a company makes that work, they go out of business. If they last longer or are too loud, they get taken out, see Samourai wallet. KYC cannot be the only way to do business. If it is, then bitcoin will have failed this generation of humanity, and will make it that much harder for future generations to fight tyranny.

Open source products will go out of business if they start to offer membership subscriptions. A very important reason is that it goes against human nature and business logic. Human nature is to like better and cheaper services, and today's Internet users are used to using free products. Users are only willing to pay for those unique products. For example, Netflix subscriptions, if the copyright of movies is free for everyone to watch, the movie production company will definitely go out of business. On the other hand, if subscriptions are paid for open source applications, users can immediately find new free alternatives. The migration cost of Lightning Wallet and Nostr is very low. There are very few subscribers who can really pay for a long time. This is why the subscription service of open source products goes against human nature and business logic. As far as Bitcoin is concerned, closed source does not mean KYC. If a closed source profitable company can enable more people to use Bitcoin, it is more valuable than only a few nerds can use Bitcoin. WOS and STRIKE have played a very important role in promoting the use of Bitcoin. Only when more people use Bitcoin will there be a greater demand for non-KYC in the future. The Bitcoin ecosystem will be better.

Movies are free on torrent, yet people choose to pay for them not for any legal or altruistic reasons, but because it's convenient and has the most marketing. People want brands and they pay for them.

You can watch the latest dramas and movies as quickly as possible, and you pay for convenience. It provides a unique experience. Just like we can find all kinds of free music on the Internet, but it takes time. A music subscription membership allows me to enjoy music very conveniently. Now most of the open source clients on Nostr are paid for all users' subscription fees by jack through opensats. Open source to C lacks a positive incentive mechanism. If jack stops funding that day, most of the clients will go bankrupt.

The cruel reality is that the amount of money Zap provides can only buy a hamburger meal for developers, and cannot support developers' continued development. Only Jack's donation can provide the developers with salary guarantee for continued development.