does this article have a thesis? the article seems to be a random bag of lukewarm takes. it starts off being sad about some attendees at a developer conference

does this article have a thesis? the article seems to be a random bag of lukewarm takes. it starts off being sad about some attendees at a developer conference existing?? note that the conference itself specifically reserved and invited an "AI track", so concerns on that side seem ridiculous. on the other side, sure, cryptocurrency is a little tangential but what is cryptocurrency if not an attempt at a decentralized open-source store of value? I'm certainly no cryptocurrency fan but this venue doesn't seem particularly far off. then the article meanders around about how technological development has rapidly reduced costs in the space and adds some general concern porn about standardization. the whole thing is some dumb background level of nostalgia for a world that never existed. it's not like open source is dying because of profit motive. if anything, a lot of open source is kept alive because of companies with a profit motive investing in it. you can claim the contributions from corporations to open source are insufficient, but you can't claim... wait, again, what exactly is this article claiming?