One thing people can't fault Meta for is that they contribute back to the community at large.
We're using React Native, hello!?
We're using React!
Tons of projects, we should be very grateful they give so much tbh.
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Let alone PyTorch, which greatly boosted the entire LLM wave. Thanks, Meta.
Those who benefit others deserve to be benefited in return — and if we could, we should help make them more fit.
hey hey hey the world would be a better place if we all used JAX instead :)
zstd and the Folly C++ library are two that come to mind.
Yes, they do that, but it's not out of altruism. Gratitude may be the wrong word when Meta and Zuck have actively worked to erode people's trust in society and reality, while actualizing a technofuedalist vision of serfdom; literally a 21st century scheme for world domination and subjugation of the poors.
I agree with you - but the tools they gave out for free still stand no?
They stand out as great examples of commoditising your complement.
When your business is pushing ads to people while they watch cat videos, then video processing software is your complement, and you want it to be as cheap as possible.
[0] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/
Just like the farm tools the serfs used were free too