What are your thoughts? Any counter-counter points to the author’s response to most concerns regarding open source?

  • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
    263·
    2 days ago

    I love the thought, but it the thinking behind it is very utopian. It doesn’t match the real world. In my experience, if a company can’t make all of the profit from a thing they invest in, they simply won’t invest. I wish that wasn’t the case, but it’s what I’ve seen. The C-Suite and management would rather make 100% profit from living in the dark ages compared to “just” 99% of the profit from pushing the world forward.

    • Leon@pawb.socialEnglish
      201·
      2 days ago

      but it the thinking behind it is very utopian

      I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Things don’t have to be realistic to be aspirational. It’s a bigger problem when people give up because improvement isn’t realistic or deemed necessary by comparison to some other factor.

      Saw it a lot here. People would be all “sure our healthcare isn’t great but at least we’re not like the U.S.” as the rightwingers bit by bit enshittified the entire system.

      A utopia is what we should aim for. What’s the point of anything less?

      • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        2 days ago

        There’s a difference between being realistic and being pessimistic. The latter expects any attempt to fail, while the former seeks an attainable path to a goal.

        One can not attain that utopian vision without setting realistic goals. Setting your eyes on the end game without ever focusing on the path to get there is dooming yourself to failure.