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by Waterluvian 3351 days ago
If it works that way, shouldn't we be able to look at an industry and see that happening? I can't think of a good example, though I may not be thinking hard enough.

There are definitely open source alternatives to many many things, but how often are they the ones capturing most of the market?
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pxnii 3347 days ago
It needs not to be wholesale open sourced, but dev-friendly, hackable, after market support. Android is a good example. Even some OEMs favor lockdown (looking at you, Samsung), there are dev-friendly OEMs (OnePlus, Google). End users don't need to be tech-savvy, especially farmers, but knowing there is alternative support from community is good enough.
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xj9 3351 days ago
remember linux? centralization is good for conquering, but decentralized forces hold more permanently once they take hold (which can take a long time).
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