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by lenerdenator 797 days ago
They're not dead, just mostly dead.

You can probably set up a decent privately-funded venture to deal in OSI software. The problem comes (as it always does) when the founders think they're the reincarnation of Steve Jobs and deserve a nine-or-ten-figure net worth for making a few nice, but ultimately not earth-shattering, software tools. Then they have to enshittify to get ready for the IPO.

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nit: s/founders/executives/ (sometimes they are the same, but not always)