I find it sad that a lot of foundational open-source software is created/maintained by trading/crypto/money laundering companies. But OTOH it's great that they at least contribute _something_ to the society!
I find it sad that a lot of foundational open-source software is created/maintained by trading/crypto/money laundering companies. But OTOH it's great that they at least contribute _something_ to the society!
gpui itself is maintained by the folks at https://zed.dev.
Also, Longbridge, who seem to be using this GPUI component library for their Longbridge Pro [1] app, look to me like a regular online brokerage company. What is your issue with that?
1: https://longbridge.com/desktop/
zed looks nice, but I am going to wait until the American port to use it.
May I ask what you mean by this? For all I know, Zed Industries Inc is incorporated in the US and funded by US venture capital.
BTW, I am not associated with zed in any way.
Its a stupid joke. Americans say Z==Zee, rest of the Anglosphere says Z==Zed
Thanks for the explanation :)
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Bitcoin ethos (as in, the original 'banks are broken, let's fix this') is kinda similar to the hacker ethos ('this thing/program is broken, let's fix this'), so maybe this shouldn't be too surprising? Short term pain for long term gain etc.
(disclaimer: I think bitcoin is dumb, but the market disagrees)
> (disclaimer: I think bitcoin is dumb, but the market disagrees)
I believe that market is quite controversial. Most people know that bitcoin is a bit dump, but they buy it regardless because they believe they profit from it when they do that as part of larger group. A very interesting social experiment with the mix of market manipulation. It is less about stability, independence or usability of the currency, but more about the opportunity of profit.
> I find it sad that a lot of foundational open-source software is created/maintained by trading/crypto/money laundering companies. But OTOH it's great that they at least contribute _something_ to the society!
React is unfortunately becoming more foundational than this project, and with it maintained by a company that was involved in the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, the Cambridge Analytica scandal and so on.
This makes crypto / trading companies look like angels compared to what Facebook has done even though they made and open sourced React.
To that end, I don't see anything morally wrong with the former camp of companies supporting open source, (trading/crypto) since they didn't participate and amplify an actual genocide.
I don't believe that to be the case. The ecosystems where this is most true would be Rust, which has a lot of crypto use, and maybe ocaml from Jane Street. But for the most part I have to doubt this.
I doubt that a lot of it is.