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FediThing 🏳️‍🌈
FediThing 🏳️‍🌈
@FediThing@social.chinwag.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

One of the myths that comes up again and again in FOSS is "It's run by a non-profit, it's safe, the corporate world cannot take it over".

Mozilla shows how incorrect this assumption is: https://mastodon.social/@sarahjamielewis/115730052589989499

Non-profits can be captured by corporations very easily:

1. Evil corporation donates massive amount of money to a non-profit, far more than it got from individuals, grants etc.
2. Non-profit uses the massive donation to greatly extend its features and pay itself much bigger salaries
3. Non-profit can no longer function without corporate donations
4. Non-profit captured, does whatever corporation wants

#FOSS

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Mince Pie Butty
Mince Pie Butty
@otfrom@functional.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@FediThing form follows funding

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