Immich Joins FUTO(immich.app)
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Immich Joins FUTO
https://immich.app/blog/2024/immich-core-team-goes-fulltime/
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Who funds FUTO?
Yeah, that's a good question.. If it was philantrophy, wouldn't the one funding it want at least some publicity?
When I see companies that are "magically funded" like this there's always one thing that comes to my mind - a nation state.
A nation state funding an AGPL code base is honestly awesome ;)
Anyway there are billionaires that have more money than entire nation states.
Anyway there are billionaires that have more money than entire nation states.
Eron Wolf.
From https://futo.org/what-is-futo/
> The time has come for a new organization wholly dedicated to solving this problem and giving people back control over their technology. That organization is FUTO, founded in 2021 by 18-year Silicon Valley veteran, programmer/founder of Yahoo! Games, and WhatsApp seed investor Eron Wolf.
Louis Rossmann is involved with FUTO and interviewed him here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJqoAPGSmfc
From https://futo.org/what-is-futo/
> The time has come for a new organization wholly dedicated to solving this problem and giving people back control over their technology. That organization is FUTO, founded in 2021 by 18-year Silicon Valley veteran, programmer/founder of Yahoo! Games, and WhatsApp seed investor Eron Wolf.
Louis Rossmann is involved with FUTO and interviewed him here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJqoAPGSmfc
What does FUTO gain from this I wonder.
> They build software alternatives that focus on giving control to users. From their mission statement:
> “Computers should belong to you, the people. We develop and fund technology to give them back.”
Well it's something that aligns with them. Assuming FUTO aren't VC-backed, then, perhaps they can really work on that mission?
> “Computers should belong to you, the people. We develop and fund technology to give them back.”
Well it's something that aligns with them. Assuming FUTO aren't VC-backed, then, perhaps they can really work on that mission?
>
Pay the core team to work on Immich full-time
Let us keep full autonomy about the project’s direction and leadership
Continue to license Immich under AGPL
Keep Immich’s development direction with no paywalled features
Keep Immich “built for the people” (no ads, data mining/selling, or alternative motives)
Provide us with financial, technical, legal, and administrative support
These are tall promises so lets hope they keep their word
These are tall promises so lets hope they keep their word
From the article it appears that there will be an optional "pay-whatever" feature soon.
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