[confiscate]

> is a point worth noting.

What is your point again?

Either way, you will always be at the whims of your customer. So why is that a disadvantage when bootstrapping?

[fredrivett]

That specific point was that people often start a business because they want the freedom of not having a boss, but in many ways you always have someone you're serving, be it a boss or a customer.

The wider point was: both bootstrapping and VC funding are good options, depending on your specific circumstances and goals at the time. One isn't objectively better than the other.