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How OpenAI Hopes to Sever Its Nonprofit Roots (www.nytimes.com)
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Take note Bluesky fans: Your "benevolent" controlling nonprofit can quickly become a for-profit if enough cash is thrown at the governing board...

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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 5 points 3 days ago

While not bitter in particular, it is disheartening to see yet another VC-funded social network gain traction, especially under the guise of freedom and decentralization it doesn't fulfill in the slightest.

Sadly, marketing works, and people just flock to where the ads lead them. And the wheel of Internet history takes a turn over and over again, as people are doomed to repeat their mistakes.