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Ask HN: Is it me, or are more and more YC companies open source?

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Re: Ask HN: Is it me, or are more and more YC companies open source?

#21

Post by quickthrower2 » Tue, Aug 15, 2023, 4:56 AM UTC

jqpabc123 wrote: post #2

Free labor.

You were downvoted but there is some truth to this.

#22

Post by pyb » Tue, Aug 15, 2023, 3:24 PM UTC

A few of these startups are copycats of successful tools. Open source helps them be a 'virtuous' copycat.

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