Ello, Goodbye.
https://ar.al/notes/ello-goodbye/
(That feeling when you don’t have to write something about it today because you already said everything that needed to be said ten years ago.)
“Venture capital is private subsidy that keeps the startup alive long enough until enough people have joined their platform. At this point, it’s too late. By being part of the platform we have created its value. This is the value that is sold in an exit. The only way to resist this system is to not build that value in the first place.”