[multjoy]

>it’s setting the commons on fire.

Rather than the AI companies turning up to the common pasture and starting to strip mine as fast as they can despite the protests of other commoners who were sustainably grazing their animals on it?

[immibis]

In the context of DDoS, they're more like over-grazing it. Should the commons be set on fire to prevent over-grazing? Technically it prevents over-grazing. In the same way that a bullet is a cure for cancer.