[okamiueru]

Seems like open source is the way to defeat this. Anyone can easily create a competing service, which they then have to buy out, but the cost of setting up a new one is minimal. Interesting business model that feeds on anti-competitive businesses.

[c7b]

Interestingly, Overleaf is open source [0], although I can't speak to how well the open source version works.

[0] https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf

[nbernard]

IIRC, it is nerfed out. It is more open core than actual open source, and the paywalled features of the online version are missing.