So for example people in a co-op or volunteer org can be bad for reasons other than profit, like power or the illusion of regard instead.
But then a few days ago at a family gathering a guy asked what I do, and as part of that I was explaining what open source is, and he on his own started telling me how much he loved the vlc media player. Everything he loved about it was the result of the fact that no one working on it has any reason to mistreat the user.
There are examples of open source software that makes decicions I don't like, but even the worst of those are someone else's legitimate best idea how to do the best possible for the user.
Yes, Reddit's current actions are squarely the result of capitalism, not "people".
In fact incentive structure matters.
So for example people in a co-op or volunteer org can be bad for reasons other than profit, like power or the illusion of regard instead.
But then a few days ago at a family gathering a guy asked what I do, and as part of that I was explaining what open source is, and he on his own started telling me how much he loved the vlc media player. Everything he loved about it was the result of the fact that no one working on it has any reason to mistreat the user.
There are examples of open source software that makes decicions I don't like, but even the worst of those are someone else's legitimate best idea how to do the best possible for the user.
Yes, Reddit's current actions are squarely the result of capitalism, not "people".