A briefer way to put this: I tend to want to work on products that by definition and by design cannot be profitable. Like open source code that people can self-host and potentially build **their own businesses on** where I'm no longer in the loop. Try pitching that to a VC. is not a great example of this concept, but it's directionally correct. I want to provide an open source self-hostable SaaS-like package for #catallax that specifically does not enrich me.

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This still does enrich you if you do it right. Prioritizing the consumer to that extreme level tends to make you the go-to in highly responsible, perceptive, libertarian, or UNIX philosophy circles. It earns you a great reputation and allows your products to play nicely with everything else so that they have a strong, long-lasting incentive to use your stuff.