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by hn_go_brrrrr 35 days ago
It's on Amazon to consider the second-order effects of their actions. They may in some cases be killing the golden goose.
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Companies that provide offerings that are open-source, and then later stop offering open-source updates are not a "golden goose". Organizations that produce open-source need to have a funding model that isn't "charging for hosting". Hosting can certainly be part of it, but there also needs to be a larger strategy. Framing those that don't have one as victims of Amazon ignores the company's culpability for offering the product as open-source in the first place.