[honungsburk]

Often centralization is chosen specifically because it is easier to monetize. I love FOSS just as much as the next guy but it has it downsides too... Just look at the log4j bug and all the crap those developers get for work they've done on their free time. Sorry, but I get triggered any time anyone says they want software without paying for it.

[mlyle]

Some things are products. Some things are bits of infrastructure and agreed standards that products can run on top of, that can't necessarily be directly monetized and may be relatively open. The world is better for having both.

Something like a gossip protocol is definitely more like one of those infrastructure pieces in today's world.