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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days agoEventually, cofounders, as lovely and well meaning as they might be, leave, move, die, whatever, and someone shitty will end up in control. Without a corporate restructuring into, say, a user cooperative, it is just as doomed as every other internet thing that we’ve all loved.
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theluddite@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Yes, and worse, even if they are true to that vision, other bigger players will be offering huge piles of cash to buy the thing. There will always be a perpetual temptation in its current structure. Just look at another beloved Vermont brand, Ben and Jerry’s, now owned by unilever.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah, it makes me think of Blizzard, now Activision Blizzard.
For decades Blizzard was a shining star, it had literally never made a bad game. They famously released games “when they’re done”, rather than just in time for Christmas. As a result, they had a perfect, spotless record of releasing only top quality games that players loved. But that streak ended with Diablo 3 in 2012, it was their first major release since Blizzard was purchased by Activision in 2008. For the first time their release was controversial and the game just wasn’t fun (in its current form).