The era of Open Source is coming to an end? | Product Hunt
Hey everyone,
I wanted to start a discussion about the importance of open source software, particularly in the startup world. As startup geeks you’ll probably agree how valuable open source tools have been. Not only do they save us a ton of money on proprietary software licenses, but they also allow us to build and iterate more quickly. The open source community is full of talented developers who are constantly improving and updating these tools, and as a result, we benefit from their hard work and expertise.
But as much as I love and rely on open source software in products I’m building, I can't help but worry about its future. With the increasing dominance of a few tech giants and the pressure to monetize every aspect of our businesses, will we see a decline in the number of truly open source projects? Will companies be more hesitant to contribute to and support open source projects?
I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this. Do you see the future of open source as bright, or do y
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I think it is the opposite! It is just the beginning.
I am checking analytics in Semrush and other is a strong request for open-source alternatives for many SaaS tools.
Okay, indeed, that might be so, and that’s what I feel somewhat too. But!
Is nexjs or supabase or you-name-it really really open source? I mean - yes, the code is public, but the governance isn’t really community-based.
That’s what worries me a bit.
No, definitely not. In fact, with the release of Stable Diffusion and other open source AIs, open source is only becoming bigger.
The main reason being there being an opportunity for profit.
Take stable diffusion, for example, it's open source, but setting it up is still unconventional; nothing like a normal software you download. Nor complicated, but complicated enough to turn off most people. Furthermore, a lot of people don't have Nvidia GPUs, or just don't have a good enough computer.
Business opportunity!
So definitely not going away any time soon.
In fact, I'm currently jumping on this train and developing a stable diffusion API myself for all the app devs making stable diffusion apps. If anyone wants to follow along on my journey, feel free to follow on twitter https://twitter.com/TheRealEtch
Hm hm hm… I see your point here. Well, yeah, with this case I agree 200% to be honest!
And I believe we already follow each other on Twitter 😉