If Deno just took payments or at least donations, it would have thousands, or even tens of thousands of paying customers. Instead, they preferred to submit to VC and chase beehives on Deno Deploy territory.
Deno Deploy offering would have never be profitable because it contradicted the very core of the Deno's technology promise: absence of lock-in and freedom to self-host.
Deno Deploy offering would have never be profitable because it contradicted the very core of the Deno's technology promise: absence of lock-in and freedom to self-host.