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Do you plan on continuing contributing to open source, or is Automattic going to dictate your business plan and Beeper will be enshittified?
by xinayder 3y ago
Do you plan on continuing contributing to open source, or is Automattic going to dictate your business plan and Beeper will be enshittified?
- jtbayly 3y ago“We plan to be enshittified,” said nobody, ever.
- xinayder 3y agoThat's a pessimistic take to say that Automattic will close up Beeper and make it a worse a product.
- bobthepanda 3y agoI think it's more of a criticism of asking the question as if that was ever going to be given as an answer, regardless of what the actual answer is. in what scenario do you see anyone giving the negative answer truthfully?
- wpietri 3y agoI think the flavor of the answer says a lot. A vague negative answer will make me suspicious, as will one based in good intentions and moonbeams. But a negative answer rooted in principle and mentioning specific choices is one I'll take more seriously. Enshittification is the default path for leaders with MBA brain, but some still manage to avoid it.
- compootr 3y agothat's a naive take to think there's no chance they will every. company. wants. money. it's the SAME, EVERY.SINGLE.TIME
- askonomm 3y agoThat's indeed what a purpose of companies are. Organizations that do not want money are registered as non-profit.
- cozzyd 3y agoLaxative manufacturer?
- dang 3y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39981276 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39981276.