As I mentioned under another comment, public money - public code should be the solution we move forward to. It negates all the bad incentives created under capitalism and strengthens the public good aspect of open source.
The other day I found myself looking for a free word and spreadsheet editor for my phone when the old one stopped working. It took hours to find one that worked which wasn’t filled with ads. It is absurd how something so basic and fundamental spawns thousands of versions just because people are looking to cash in. I think of how much human energy and thought is wasted recreating the same stuff over and over when we could all just have a free, open source version and spend that time on more important things.
As I mentioned under another comment, public money - public code should be the solution we move forward to. It negates all the bad incentives created under capitalism and strengthens the public good aspect of open source.
The other day I found myself looking for a free word and spreadsheet editor for my phone when the old one stopped working. It took hours to find one that worked which wasn’t filled with ads. It is absurd how something so basic and fundamental spawns thousands of versions just because people are looking to cash in. I think of how much human energy and thought is wasted recreating the same stuff over and over when we could all just have a free, open source version and spend that time on more important things.