yes and they either become popular because of their usefulness and get organized like firefox/mozilla or they get co-opted by corporations and invariably enshitified like chrome/chromium
Firefox/Mozilla as an example is a bit of a stretch, given the fact that Mozilla Browser/Firefox is originally based on the open-sourced version of Netscape Navigator
Are most open-source software developed by hobbyists?
well, most as in numerically, technically yes :D
yes and they either become popular because of their usefulness and get organized like firefox/mozilla or they get co-opted by corporations and invariably enshitified like chrome/chromium
Firefox/Mozilla as an example is a bit of a stretch, given the fact that Mozilla Browser/Firefox is originally based on the open-sourced version of Netscape Navigator
very much a stretch, i was trying to relate the post to current events and that was the closest thing i could come up with atm.
Fair enough
firefox is squarely in the “co-opted by corporations and invariably enshitified”
very true and as has happened to almost all projects once they get a critical mass of users and presence in the ecosystem.