My feeling on this is “f** yeah, and f** you [google et al]” How much computing innovation was pioneered by community enthusiasts and hobbyists that have been

My feeling on this is “f** yeah, and f** you [google et al]” How much computing innovation was pioneered by community enthusiasts and hobbyists that have been leveraged by these huge companies. I know meta, googlr, msft et al give back in way of opensource, but it really pales in comparison to the value those companies have extracted. I’m a huge believer in generative AI democratizing tech. Certainly I’m glad to pay for off-the-shelf custom tuned models, and for software that smartly integrates generative AI to improve usage, but not a fan of gate keeping this technology by a handful of untrustworthy corporations.