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I think it's noteworthy that feature was pursued and implemented by Igalia, an independent open source dev house whose HQ is in Spain, and is run as a co-operat

• solardev 4y ago
  I wish more places ran as employee-owned coops!
  • julienreszka 4y ago
    Why tho?
    • solardev 4y ago
      Why co-ops? Because the profit goes back to the people who work there instead of shareholders, and they get a say in their own management. It shares control of the company between those who work there. It's a much better environment to work in vs something like Activision or EA where you're just an abused cog in the machine. At least on paper. In reality, the smaller coops don't grow big enough and so can be resourced starved and kinda get stuck in a death spiral as people leave to pursue other alternatives while the remaining members hoard power and control for themselves and make new employees basically not full owners but minions, etc. There's no perfect system but I'd rather take the risks of equality than work under an oppressive hierarchy. Not everyone cares about that though. Some would rather earn the big bucks, be led by execs, and not have to worry about the rest of the business.
      • julienreszka 4y ago
        Thank you for your balanced opinion it's so rare on the internets
      • TingPing 4y ago
        Igalia shares equal ownership and all new employees are expected to become owners eventually. It's been growing faster too lately. WebKit Team is hiring :)