A bit dated as Moskus also said. Skip on OpenOffice in favor of LibreOffice for example.

Similar kind of stuff happens all the time, where public institutions bear the cost and consequences of private enterprises. Good example of a not too dissimilar situation was Memorial Hospital during Katrina, where instead of sending private helicopters and rescue, the firm that owned the hospital opted to wait for "free" US government rescue.

Privatize the profits, but socialize the losses.

Since leaving Reddit definitely more participation. Even started some communities; a thing I never really cared for doing, but seems more appropriate and rewarding here!

Pioneering work is hard but very rewarding. Definitely a fun time which we all should use to really shape things how we would like them to be

Sadly, this is the only logical conclusion of things that are run for profit. Here's hoping the federated model proves more resistant in the long run.