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The problem with the article (besides rewriting history to remove Free Software), is that Open Source often turns into single-vendor software too. And what's w
by gavinhoward 3y ago
The problem with the article (besides rewriting history to remove Free Software), is that Open Source often turns into single-vendor software too.
And what's worse, it is often the wrong vendor!
In [1], he refers to it as "getting Jeff'ed," a reference to Jeff Bezos.
In other words, Open Source lets dealers [2] eat the lunch of the original authors.
Even worse, dealers can often turn Open Source proprietary, actually proprietary, so end users are shafted too.
[1]: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ3w_jec1v8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ3w_jec1v8
[2]: https://gavinhoward.com/2023/12/is-source-available-really-that-bad/ https://gavinhoward.com/2023/12/is-source-available-really-t...