I honestly see the tyranny of Marl is part of the original sin of the internet, zero-sum online consolidation of existing business models. If that's the model,

I honestly see the tyranny of Marl is part of the original sin of the internet, zero-sum online consolidation of existing business models. If that's the model, Marl is the only user who matters. If you're bootstrapping something for an intended and limited audience, Marl can fuck off. My personal project, https://golfcourse.wiki https://golfcourse.wiki is basically founded on my attempt to stop Marl from making golf-on-the-internet shitty. My religion is basically that Wikipedia is the only website that I don't hate after 20 years of internet growth, so that's my model. I've attempted to do this by having nearly no expectations for the site for 5 years (we are in late-year 2, with a year of causal development before that). I do this by running on the thinnest budget I possibly can. There is no handy interface (yet), if you want to add your course, it isn't too hard, but it isn't too easy. The site is ugly simplicity. Anyone who doesn't understand or care that I'm trying to build a database to then give it away for free will tell me the site sucks, and they're not wrong. It sucks because I am not paying for the data, so I don't have to charge for it. Still, I'm slowly-but-surely growing my google imprint, and increasing my (consumptive) user base. Anyone who has spent the time to add to the project I'm extremely thankful for. I will never focus on Marl, because the consumption side of the site is not the target audience for me, it's the contribution side. It's a hobby, and at a few dozen dollars a month to operate, if the side doesn't snowball, it's no big loss.