[sobkas]

> We will never run ads. We plan to make money primarily by offering pro subscriptions and a version of Wavelength for organizations.

There are so many corporations that made similar pledges only to break them when it became advantageous for them to do so. Is there any mechanism that actually would enforce it? Mechanism that wouldn't disappear with a single stroke of pen?

[ymolodtsov]

Such a mechanism simply doesn't exist. A company can't simply force itself to keep this promise unless you actually trust its leadership. Similar to how Substack authors sometimes start running ads on their paid newsletters.

[anileated]

There is: make the service paid from get go and put things like this in writing as part of the contract. Money changes hands, there’s something to risk being sued over.

Going for network effect with a free offering means there has to be investment money keeping the lights on. Those investors will want their returns.