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Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1年前

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Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1年前
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    Corps figured out sustained income was better than marketing and making products. All they had to do was take away every digital product and turn it into a subscription.

    Then they’ll buy each other up until they are an effective monopoly and raise prices forever.

    I don’t see a way out of this for products already captured if you need them.

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      Remember the “Cable Wars” of yore (the 90’s)? Guess who’s back… back again?

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        Shady, is that you?

        • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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          No, the real one is standing up.

        • trashcan@sh.itjust.works
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          Tell some men

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOP
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        Bill Clinton?

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          [intense saxophone solo]

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        Samurai jack?

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      I don’t see a way out

      Free software exists. And if you have any power over a non-small organization, it’s also something you can help improve to fit your needs.

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      Problem is, they should realise this only creates a gap for a competitor or even worse (from the companies’ perspective) a viable open source project that they’ll never be able to compete on price with.

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        Their solution is to buy them in most cases. It’s gets hard to turn down $100M.

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          Fork that.

        • pankuleczkapl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          If the licence is already open source then they can’t do shit. Unfortunately, they have other methods of discouraging programmers from working on the project, but ultimately open source will prevail.

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      FOSS

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        for products already captured if you need them.

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          The point is to make an alternative product no one can own/ruin.

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      I think we are seeing that gigantic companies made out of other companies don’t function well. People move on eventually

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