That is what I mean. If an open source project enshittifies, it can be forked.
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ICastFist@programming.dev 2 days agoYou can buy companies, organizations and people that run FOSS projects, thus buying the project. Audacity was bought and enshitified. SimpleApps suffered a similar fate on Android.
In both cases, the community forked the last “good” version and renamed the project
FG_3479@lemmy.world 2 days ago
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 days ago
Yes, I alluded to that in the first comment
Happened to a number of FOSS projects. At least forking and “starting” anew is easier
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 days ago
None of my self hosted apps can be bought. They are not accessible even.