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No one cares about open-source, until...

8 points| mthld | 2 years ago |blog.cryptpad.org

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nonrandomstring|2 years ago

It's time businesses took the TCO of "free" platforms into account, including the impact of "sunsetting" and "acceleration".

The Google Graveyard [0] isn't just a spectacle of cavalier disregard, it's a monument to millions of hours of people's lives, including whole businesses destroyed on a whim.

Proper free open source licenses matter when it comes to long term continuity of operations and resilience.

[0] https://killedbygoogle.com/