> free is equalizing On the contrary, SaaS company are advantaged at exploiting FOSS and this is creating increasing inequality in access to software, hardware

> free is equalizing On the contrary, SaaS company are advantaged at exploiting FOSS and this is creating increasing inequality in access to software, hardware, knowledge/skill, markets and capital. In short, FAANGs and SaaS take all. There's a reason why progressive taxation and public funding has been invented: infrastructure that benefits everybody need to be paid according to income.