[hoakiet98]

> What's up with the recent trend of YC being open source?

To be fair, we were open source before we got into YC. YC didn't mandate any business model, and the vast majority of our batchmates (empirically, 90%) were closed-source.

> Is it an ideology thing, a sign of confidence, or is it really that consumers prefer open source software?

I personally think it's a competitive advantage for distribution, differentiation, and attracting talent. Also as an engineer, I just like OSS.