I like it.

I totally get the problem projects like mongo, redis and sentry face. AWS, azure etc just eat their lunch and don’t help anybody. That will kill open source in the long run.

This still gives me access to inspect the code, contribute fixes I might want, self host if I feel like it or pay someone for the SaaS if I don’t, knowing the money goes to someone who contributes to the project.

And if the original authors bork the product and after two years it becomes clear they won’t fix their ways, I can fork the old product code I liked and develop it into the product I want. Heck if I’m right and my idea is better than the original I’ll eat their lunch too.