I'm not sure the idealism was ever really there. I've been in the FOSS community for 25 years, and I could see and feel an entire generation of contributors mi

I'm not sure the idealism was ever really there. I've been in the FOSS community for 25 years, and I could see and feel an entire generation of contributors missing in action for a good long while. Legions of young folks thinking they had found the ticket to convert their nerdiness into money, status and sex. The crypto-induced brain drain from arguably more useful SW was enormous. And I saw very little of it happen for noble reasons.