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[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 months ago

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

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 3 months ago

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

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago
[-] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago

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

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

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