[darkwater]

> Redis is partly where it is because of large FAANG companies contributing to redis, that cannot be discounted.

Redis is offered as a managed offering by AWS and other because it was already very popular between developers that were clients or potential clients of cloud vendors. That it is/was used also by FAANG companies doesn't change a thing in this part of the story. (And no, I don't believe Redis is popular because it was used by FAANG companies which also contributed back)