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Jgrubb • today at 1:57 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Honestly, this motion right here is the death of open source - the rug pull. I no longer can trust any open source project won't get bought up and sunsetted. I'm glad open tofu and valkey and Linux exist to serve as a counter example but this makes me sad.


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oblio • today at 2:01 PM

It's not the death of open source. It will probably be the death of small company open source. Either 100% community/non profit or 100% big corporation and users check corporate alignment with project goals.

vachina • today at 2:28 PM

Honestly with AI just build it yourself.

I took the plunge and ripped out all my (“open source”) Magento shopfronts and reimplemented them from the ground in…… 2 hours. And it is so much more performant to boot.

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