I wouldn’t even look at startups if there is a viable open source alternative. Most startups are just looking to get a big enough user base to get bought by the big players.
Exactly, any startup will just be on a different place of the enshitification curve.
Agreed, though personally if their product is open source or source available, I'm much less concerned since I'm not screwed if/when they enshittify or go belly up.
Whomever is downvoting you clearly has an interest in one or more startups.
Let's not forget the HN is literally about startups. Easy to forget that and think it's just "hackers" and "nerds" sharing cool links. It's not.