Comment by layer8

> much of the value of the thought and engineering and architectural work you’ve done is published with your APIs, developer tools, and so on.

I disagree. I work for a similar company, and what customers appreciate is how solid the software is, the dedicated, straightforward and competent customer support, the lack of enshittification and rent-seeking. You tend to not get that with large or high-growth companies. They may nominally provide the same API, but everything else is more likely to be a pain.