Hacker News with Generative AI: Business Models

Show HN: No more subscriptions. Find software you can buy once and own forever (buyoncesoftware.com)
Bitwarden is no longer free software (github.com/bitwarden)
Desktop version 2024.10.0 is no longer free software
X will pay its Premium users to engage with each other (theverge.com)
X is making a big change to how creators can earn money from the platform.
Pydantic wants to cash its open-source credibility – but not in the usual way (techcrunch.com)
A U.K.-based, open-source startup is launching its first commercial product with the backing of one of Silicon Valley’s most renowned venture capital firms.
'Not a business model': How companies misunderstand open source (computing.co.uk)
The dust-up between (formerly) open source database Redis and its fork, Valkey, highlights the fundamental difference between what businesses want and what open source actually is, says Open UK’s Amanda Brock.
The End of Advertising (backgroundnoise.blog)
The business model that funded the internet is going away, and the open web will never be the same.
Open Source is not a Business Model (cra.mr)
So you’re starting a company and you want an Open Source business model, eh? Let’s talk about what that means, and how that statement is both totally valid, and makes no sense at the same time.
Ask HN: How can I monetise an open source app of mine that has become popular? (ycombinator.com)
One of my open source projects is starting to get a lot of traction (tens of thousands of users per month) without me realising. I built it a few years ago as a weekend project and promptly forgot about it.
Going open-source as a VC-Backed company (briefer.cloud)
Today, we're launching a free and open-source offering. But I'll be honest with you: Briefer is a VC-backed company, and it must make money.
A Post-Google World? (thebignewsletter.com)
Another Google antitrust trial starts on Monday. If Google loses, it'll be three strikes. At some point, they will give up and realize that the writing is on the wall for their current business model.
Volkswagen Plans to Shift from Selling Cars to Offering 'Vehicles on Demand' (techdirt.com)
Ask HN: Isn't all SaaS just wrappers? (ycombinator.com)
Does Open Source Work as a Long-Term Business Model? (yugabyte.com)
Open Source is not a business model; it never was (beehiiv.com)
How Mihoyo's monetization works (moonbearmusings.com)
It's Not Just B2C vs B2B Anymore (justinjackson.ca)
Ask HN: Will peer to peer services overtake centralised corporations? (ycombinator.com)
AI paid for by Ads – the GPT-4o mini inflection point (batchmon.com)
Immich has introduced a paid licence model (github.com/immich-app)
Ask HN: What open source business models have worked? (ycombinator.com)
Geomys, a blueprint for a sustainable open-source maintenance firm (filippo.io)
Tech went from free love to pay-per-click (theregister.com)
Ask HN: If not ads, then how are websites supposed to monetize? (ycombinator.com)
Is Codeberg.org financially sustainable relying on member fees? Any precedents? (codeberg.org)
Many people don't pay full price, most don't want to pay at all for news (niemanlab.org)
Is seat-based pricing dead? (cloudedjudgement.substack.com)
Back To Atoms: Why we can stop building SaaS and build the future instead. (carllippert.com)
Temu's semi-managed model could change everything (techbuzzchina.substack.com)
Ask HN: Video streaming is expensive yet YouTube "seems" to do it for free. How? (ycombinator.com)
Why are Google and Facebook free? The answer might be worse than you think (tuta.com)