← Back to context Comment by arghwhat 4 months ago You just get fewer free things then. Not sure how thats good. 4 comments arghwhat Reply Dylan16807 4 months ago Free things tend to push out competition. So the worst case scenario is pushing out competition and then disappearing. arghwhat 4 months ago This happens more often with paid things, as these have a direct financial incentive to elliminate competition and grow adoption. Free stuff does not. Dylan16807 4 months ago When it's a free option from a paid company, you get the worst of both worlds for risk of disappearing. And that's the situation here.The open source baseline is still there, which is great, but if someone else was making these packages they'd be less likely to silently drop it. 1 reply →
Dylan16807 4 months ago Free things tend to push out competition. So the worst case scenario is pushing out competition and then disappearing. arghwhat 4 months ago This happens more often with paid things, as these have a direct financial incentive to elliminate competition and grow adoption. Free stuff does not. Dylan16807 4 months ago When it's a free option from a paid company, you get the worst of both worlds for risk of disappearing. And that's the situation here.The open source baseline is still there, which is great, but if someone else was making these packages they'd be less likely to silently drop it. 1 reply →
arghwhat 4 months ago This happens more often with paid things, as these have a direct financial incentive to elliminate competition and grow adoption. Free stuff does not. Dylan16807 4 months ago When it's a free option from a paid company, you get the worst of both worlds for risk of disappearing. And that's the situation here.The open source baseline is still there, which is great, but if someone else was making these packages they'd be less likely to silently drop it. 1 reply →
Dylan16807 4 months ago When it's a free option from a paid company, you get the worst of both worlds for risk of disappearing. And that's the situation here.The open source baseline is still there, which is great, but if someone else was making these packages they'd be less likely to silently drop it. 1 reply →
Free things tend to push out competition. So the worst case scenario is pushing out competition and then disappearing.
This happens more often with paid things, as these have a direct financial incentive to elliminate competition and grow adoption. Free stuff does not.
When it's a free option from a paid company, you get the worst of both worlds for risk of disappearing. And that's the situation here.
The open source baseline is still there, which is great, but if someone else was making these packages they'd be less likely to silently drop it.
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