[vgchh]

- Personally I don’t think PG is defending mighty app because he has skin in the game. I would think he is at a point where he doesn’t need to.

- Also IMO we should let mighty app (or for that matter other crazy ones) play out. We all know little about the capabilities of individuals and what the future holds. So why to ridicule and prematurely declare certain death.

[wraptile]

Couldn't disagree with you second point more: you shouldn't let dangerous tech "play-out". It's much easier to kill snakes just as they've hatched. Basically every bad thing about web and software in general was born as "play it out" and then it grew to big to be killed.

[stephc_int13]

Yes, we should know better, we've seen this story being played out a few times.

Delegating power/freedom is always dangerous, especially if you're doing it for free.

[Igelau]

Hold it. I agree with you, but I'm having a language nerd moment. This feels like one of those "catch more flies with honey than vinegar" things, where although the point is made clearly, the metaphor is literally false (vinegar is incredibly good bait for catching flies).

> It's much easier to kill snakes just as they've hatched.

Aren't a ton of itty bitty snakes going to be harder to kill than one big snake? I've never tried to kill snakes of any age myself, so I could be way off.

[stephc_int13]

- I disagree about your first point, he is a player and do not like losing.

- I would agree with your second point about most tech, but this is special, I'd say this is political.