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by TZubiri 466 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

It's crazy how most companies just mindlessly fish in the commons and cannot even respond to whoever produces the common good.

Shoutouts to the 2 companies that responded by sharing resources (money or engineer time) when asked to.

Shame that the other 40 companies basically get to enjoy the benefits while playing the clueless fool.

Hopefully these 2 companies find a competitive advantage in being supply chain aware. No sympathy to the rest of the companies if they get hacked.

EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-rider_problem

This seems like a much more specific name for the problem