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It could be said vibe coded competitors to any proprietary software. If everything proprietary was "forced open" by AI what would be the economic effects?

• goldenarm 5mo ago
  We've had OSS equivalents of almost everything for decades, you can install a mature Slack clone for $0 since 2015. Yet people don't because of laziness and brands are strong.
  • esseph 5mo ago
    If there was a viable open source replacement for discord I would be using it today. Same goes for slack.
    • skydhash 5mo ago
      There’s zulip https://zulip.com/ https://zulip.com/
      • esseph 5mo ago
        That's a SaaS / Product. https://zulip.com/self-hosting/ https://zulip.com/self-hosting/ Similar to the GitLab model. Example limitations: > Mobile notifications without limitation for eligible communities > Mobile notifications for up to 10 users for other organizations
        • odo1242 5mo ago
          There’s also Mattermost
        • skydhash 5mo ago
          The app is open-source, so I guess it would be OK to deploy it yourself and thus register for your own notifications pipeline.
    • goldenarm 5mo ago
      I was referring to Mattermost, the Slack equivalent, which is quite mature and used at scale by some orgs around me.