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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

yes and they either become popular because of their usefulness and get organized like firefox/mozilla or they get co-opted by corporations and invariably enshitified like chrome/chromium

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Firefox/Mozilla as an example is a bit of a stretch, given the fact that Mozilla Browser/Firefox is originally based on the open-sourced version of Netscape Navigator

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

very much a stretch, i was trying to relate the comment to current events and that was the closest thing i could come up with atm.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

firefox is squarely in the "co-opted by corporations and invariably enshitified"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

very true and as has happened to almost all projects once they get a critical mass of users and presence in the ecosystem.