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You're not wrong, but why do you suspect the "something people won't like" is anything more than this massive layoff?
by gilrain 6y ago
You're not wrong, but why do you suspect the "something people won't like" is anything more than this massive layoff?
- moomin 6y agoThere's a lot of talk of values that doesn't have an obvious associated action. This is typically a two stage way of announcing something. Next comes the actual action, which is in keeping with the "new values".
- abetusk 6y agoSection 5: " New focus on economics. Recognizing that the old model where everything was free has consequences, means we must explore a range of different business opportunities and alternate value exchanges. " A kind reading would be that they'll try to move to a consultancy or subscription based model, like Red Hat. An unkind reading is that they will make portions of their products and code proprietary and charge licensing fees. "... everything was free ..." is an ambiguous statement in this context. Do they mean free/libre or do they mean free/gratis? This, to me reads like corporate double speak. It leaves enough ambiguity so that people can have a kind interpretation while letting them claim they were being honest about their intentions should they choose to go a proprietary route.
- renewiltord 6y agoI think it's pretty obvious they mean they (like Brave) want to participate in building an Internet where you can monetize not using ads.