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The value created vs value captured equation of OSS must be one of the most lopsided things ever. If you’re at Google and invent Kubernetes you might still cap
by FinnLobsien 4mo ago
The value created vs value captured equation of OSS must be one of the most lopsided things ever.
If you’re at Google and invent Kubernetes you might still capture 0.000001% (probably less) of the economic value created by Kubernetes, but you probably enjoy very generous comp.
OSS doesn’t have any of that, besides being extremely in demand as a consultant or whatever.
- avaer 4mo ago> besides being extremely in demand as a consultant or whatever Not necessarily. AI has significantly reduced the marketability of that angle, when people can just ask AI about your OSS project. That is to say, it's only getting more lopsided.
- FinnLobsien 4mo agoSure, but I also feel like at the higher level, you’re not necessarily looking for implementation alone, but for “what should we be doing in the first place?”, which AI can’t help with