[justtologin]

Wishing something was open source and committing to build it are pretty far apart. There are examples everywhere where people have built open source alternatives for things. Understandably, there are way more people who'd like an open source version of a given program, so that sentiment is encountered more frequently.

Personally I don't believe in the business model of charging for the priviledge of running code on your own infrastructure. I also don't get involved in "pirated" software. So I would expend "I wish it was open source" to "I wish it was open source or SaaS with some compelling features".

For example I don't care that 1password is closed source because I pay them to store and let me access my passwords. I do care that Windows has a model where I would have to buy a license to run it on my own computer, so I'm happy there are open source operating systems that serve my needs. (Amongst other reasons, in today's climate I'd be highly suspicious of a "free" closed source OS)