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Re:Tailscale has raised $160M by sshine on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @12:56PM (#43623901)
so tailscale is selling out

that was disappointing

at least the current software is open source, so others can fork it before it closes down on itself and enshittifies.

Re:Tailscale has raised $160M by kube-system on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @01:05PM (#43623997)
Tailscale is a software company founded in 2019 that raised their series A in 2020, not a grassroots community project
Re:Tailscale has raised $160M by sshine on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @01:40PM (#43624412)
so either you do it out of the goodness of your heart, or you maximize shareholder value at no expense

I'd sell out at $160M, too. I'm happy for them, and sad for everyone else.

Re:Tailscale has raised $160M by hobofan on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @02:52PM (#43625277)
As GP said, they have raised money before. So why are you now disappointed and think they "are selling out", when nothing has changed, and Tailscale has been a clear-cut for-profit startup from the start?
Re:Tailscale has raised $160M by 4k93n2 on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @02:01PM (#43624678)
netbird looks like it would be a better option if open source is what youre after. theres a handful of others too, nebula, zerotier, netmaker just to name a few
Re:Tailscale has raised $160M by brunoqc on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @01:54PM (#43624588)
> at least the current software is open source

Not the server.

headscale is nice, but it's not an official project.