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We’re sorry our initial statement didn't properly address our mistake. Here's what a public project on Lovable means, and how we got to where we are today: In the early days, people didn't know what Lovable was capable of. So we wanted to make it easy to explore what others were building, as a way to spark ideas and lower the barrier to getting started. Like scrolling GitHub or Dribbble: you browse projects to see what's possible, then go build your own. When you create a project on GitHub, you can make it private or public. Lovable worked the same. Users had a "Public" or "Private" option right in the chatbox. A public project meant the entire project was public, both chat and code. “Just like a public project on GitHub," we thought. Over time, we realized this was confusing. Many users thought "public" just meant others could see their published app, not the chat of an unpublished project. That's reasonable. On the free tier, users originally couldn't create private projects. They had to upgrade to a paid plan to do so. In May 2025, we changed this: users on the free tier could choose to make their projects private. For enterprise customers, the public visibility setting was disabled altogether. And in December 2025, we switched to private by default across all tiers. We also retroactively patched our API so public project chats couldn't be accessed, no matter what. Unfortunately, in February, while unifying permissions in our backend, we accidentally re-enabled access to chats on public projects. This was reported through our vulnerability disclosure program (via HackerOne). Unfortunately, the reports were closed without escalation because our HackerOne partners thought that seeing public projects’ chats was the intended behaviour. Upon learning this, we immediately reverted the change to make all public projects’ chats private again. We appreciate the researchers who uncovered this. We understand that pointing to documentation issues alone was not enough here. We’ll do better.

BREAKING: 🇳🇱 Netherlands House of Representatives approves 36% tax on unrealized capital gains in stocks, crypto and bonds.

Geliriniz belirli bir seviyenin üzerine çıktığında, o kadarlık brütten toplam kesinti %70'in üzerine çıktığı için sosyal devlet ülkelerinde dört günlük çalışma sistemine geçiş bir nevi doğal sonuç. Aynı zamanda seçeneği olan çalışan için bunlar da ciddi etken.

NEW: Dutch Parliament Member Michel Hoogeveen explains how the 36% unrealized capital gains tax, just passed by the House of Representatives, will work. Here is a more detailed example: Step 1. Starting position You own 500 shares. Value on Jan 1, 2028: €50,000 Value on Jan 1, 2029: €100,000 So the paper gain is: €100,000 − €50,000 = €50,000 unrealized profit You did not sell. But for tax purposes, that €50,000 is treated as income. Step 2. Apply exemption You are married, so you get a €3,600 exemption. €50,000 − €3,600 = €46,400 taxable amount Tax rate: 36% €46,400 × 36% = €16,704 tax bill That bill is due in May, even though you never sold anything. Step 3. Market falls before you pay Now suppose by May the shares drop in value. New total value: €60,000 So your portfolio is no longer worth €100,000. It’s worth €60,000. But the tax bill is still €16,704, because it was calculated based on the January 1 valuation. Step 4. You must sell shares to pay tax To raise €16,704, you sell part of your shares. After paying the tax, you’re left with: €60,000 − €16,704 = €43,296 Originally you had 500 shares. Now you have 360 shares left. You were forced to sell 140 shares. 140 ÷ 500 = 28% of your shares gone. Step 5. What happened economically? Before the correction: Paper gain was €50,000. After the correction: Portfolio is worth €60,000. Original cost basis was €50,000. Real gain is only €10,000. But you paid €16,704 in tax. So instead of being up €10,000, you are now: €43,296 − €50,000 = €6,704 below your original starting value. You turned a €10,000 real gain into a €6,704 net loss. And you lost 28% of your shares permanently.