The option to run my own instance if wanted was the main point for paying for their service. Because I don't want to maintain an instance of Fathom myself now, but maybe later. Now potentially giving up the OSS version makes me reconsider alternatives to Fathom.
All these changes lately make me feel bad about their future and their grand promises on my users' privacy.
I would suggest listening to https://fathom.transistor.fm/episodes/the-open-source-dilemm... too (published 10 days ago) as that'll give insight into our plans.
We're still going to be updating the OS version of Fathom but I 100% support anybody creating another privacy-focused analytics platform. Additional alternatives to Google Analytics are great!
Good luck :)
Appreciate the comment. Good or bad, anything that makes us think about things is welcomed, so thank you!
1) The OSS version isn't going anywhere (listen to our podcast from 10 days ago, we talk about it: https://fathom.transistor.fm/episodes/the-open-source-dilemm...)
2) If you don't trust us, you shouldn't use our service.
3) Our fundamental guarantee regarding user data is that we don't sell it and we never will. We are already profitable and don't need to sell data.
Giving it a listen now though, headphones just finished charging.
There will ALWAYS be an OS version. We don't know how the future will look but we know we have to keep a free privacy-focused analytics option available. It's the right thing to do.