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How are they extracting value here? Is this just space-race-4-turbo propagandising? I see plenty of GitHub sites that are barely more than advertising, where s
by Y_Y 2y ago
How are they extracting value here? Is this just space-race-4-turbo propagandising?
I see plenty of GitHub sites that are barely more than advertising, where some company tries to foss-wash their crapware, or tries to build a little text-colouring library that burrows into big projects as a sleeper dependency. But this isn't that.
What's the long game for these companies?
- yimby2001 2y agoWhat is the long game for tencent?
- Y_Y 2y agoMaybe it was unclear, but that's what I'm asking too.
- yowlingcat 2y agoThere's an old Joel Spolsky post that's evergreen about this strategy -- "commoditize your complement" [1]. I think it's done for the same reason Meta has made llama reasonably open -- making it open ensures that a proprietary monopoly over AI doesn't threaten your business model, which is noteworthy when your business model might include aggregating tons of UGC and monetizing engagement over it. True, you may not be able to run the only "walled garden" around it anymore, but at least someone else can't raid your walled garden to make a new one that you can't resell anymore. That's the simplest strategic rationale I could give for it, but I can imagine deeper layers going beyond that. https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/