[quickthrower2]

This is interesting, is this the fate of every upstart PaaS, to be acquired by an Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle etc. I see it might be necessary but also feels like a long con. You got popular because of not being the stuffy, complex, corporate thing. Then you slowly become one.

This is why more and more I will err on the side of foss. I am investing my learning time into linux tools (bash and tmux for eg) even when using windows. Maybe even get back into vim. Because these tools will probably be the same after I die, or at least heavily backward compatible.

[NayamAmarshe]

Windows got in the way of my web development and I only learned that when I switched to Linux. Years later, I don't need Windows anymore and I'm so glad to escape that bloatware and spyware of an OS.

Now I do gaming, video editing and programming all on Linux (ZorinOS) and it feels and looks so good.

[Aeolun]

Thank Valve for that. Ever since I’ve been able to play my entire Steam catalog on linux I’ve had absolutely no reason to use windows (or dual boot)

[pjmlp]

Thanks to Proton game developers can ignore Linux exists, just let Valve do the needful.

[NayamAmarshe]

It inherently creates the need to make sure that the games can run on Linux, even if on a compatibility layer. This will only incentivize more people to try Linux and devs to create better tools and support systems.

It's not the utopia we expect but it does get us close to it.

[pjmlp]

That is up to Valve to make it work.

[doctor_eval]

I have a very similar take (although I’ve been using Linux since it was distributed on floppies :), and I definitely prefer working with indies, but I will say that one of the things I really like about Supabase is that everything is available open source.

So even if they are merged with one Borg or another, I would expect to have sufficient time to deploy my own infra if it looks like it’s all going to go pear shaped.

[quickthrower2]

Yes Supabase seems like a good bet. Parse is a good comparison: if you relied on them you can now host it yourself.

[laura2013]

It is if their goal is to grow profits. The big fish (where the money is) will demand certain features and thus products like this will provide it.