[anon335dtzbvc]

Could you tell why you choose to make it closed source?

[reitanqild]

Not op, but here is an obvious and valid one: Because it is easier to monetize that way.

[bigbugbag]

To prevent people self-hosting and selling an overpriced service to people who do not know better and will be disappointed when the service closes or when they want to migrate their data to another service.

[gsich]

You don't make money with open source unless you are big enough.