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Having it owned by a non-profit foundation would make a huge amount of sense, especially if that foundation was then immediately funded by a variety of companie
by JoshTriplett 2y ago
Having it owned by a non-profit foundation would make a huge amount of sense, especially if that foundation was then immediately funded by a variety of companies rather than just one big advertising company.
The obvious test for whether the browser is actually independent: what is the response to "let's add an ad-blocker by default".
- behnamoh 2y ago> Having it owned by a non-profit foundation would make a huge amount of sense,... OpenAI joined the chat...
- Wytwwww 2y agoThere would be few incentives to try and pull off something like that if nobody had any faith in the product every becoming extremely profitable though.
- PittleyDunkin 2y agoIsn't openapi pro-profit? Or at least I thought it was.
- whiplash451 2y agoThis is wishful thinking. Non-profits that don’t turn into for-profit turn into a shitshow of incompetence instead.
- niutech 2y agoNot necessarily, see The Linux Foundation Europe competently maintains Servo.
- whiplash451 2y agoMy comment could rub tech people in the wrong way (for a good reason). I meant incompetence at the company governance level, not technical. There's massive technical competence in non-profits. This brilliance is just wasted by leaders who sacrifice business acumen over the mission.
- Vilian 2y agoYou all need to learn about employer owned companies, in Brasil it's called cooperativas not sure in english, and that would fix that