I called it "Selfish OSS", how FAANG uses open source communities... I was an open source advocate there for a while, but became disillusioned with it pretty qu

I called it "Selfish OSS", how FAANG uses open source communities... I was an open source advocate there for a while, but became disillusioned with it pretty quickly. Some of the engineers care about contributing to the communities, sure, but the companies absolutely do not give a shit about that. It's all about enforcing dominance / crushing competition, and making recruiting easier. What the users want is only supported if it's also what the company wants. If your feature request isn't also desirable to the company, it's not happening, even if you submit the code. I'm now more likely to advocate for closed-source.