It will be hard for people to complain how proprietary services can't be trusted when they can change terms and might pull the plug but apparently that's less of a concern when an open platform imploded so badly.
The open platform didn't implode. The open platform was forked and kept alive. The remaining platform was then made proprietary and then destroyed.
The point of being 'open' isn't to prevent implosions, but to facilitate continuity when, for example, a proprietary commercial interest attempts, say, a hostile takeover.
The point of being 'open' isn't to prevent implosions, but to facilitate continuity when, for example, a proprietary commercial interest attempts, say, a hostile takeover.