[joshmanders]

The problem is that once you accept VC funding you are no longer doing it for the customers but for the shareholders.

It doesn't matter what your end goal is, their end goal is to 10x or more their investment, full stop.

Whatever you do that gets in the way of that will result in you being removed.

So congrats on the funding I guess?

[diacritica]

I've made my professional career out of rejecting false dichotomies and I've made sure to be surrounded by like-minded people, they'd had to remove everyone I guess, including the community. I understand where you're coming from and all I can say at this point is that I also write comments like yours elsewhere.

[joshmanders]

I applaud your dedication and I hope it's true. I've grown to really dislike when my favorite bootstrapped products announce VC funding because 99.99999998% of the time, it ends up badly for customers.

[diacritica]

And that's exactly what we saw with 99.999999998% of VCs and investors that approached us. This news is about securing the funding to build something that is remarkably challenging and make it happen fast. Our bet on SVG, like the Figma employee above says, is at the core of our ethos, but requires extra work, this is the type of commitment you should expect from Penpot.

[pen2l]

Your commitment to open standards is inspiring and I wish you all the success for the role you play in it.

Is a desktop app in the cards to enable offline use, with https://tauri.app maybe (instead of Electron, for improved performance)?

[diacritica]

Thank you! Open standards and not just "open formats" belong to the critical path to accessible innovation. There's already a community "port" of Penpot for a Desktop experience. You can learn a bit more here https://community.penpot.app/t/introducing-penpot-desktop/14...