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I remember when OpenAI switched from open source to proprietary and I pasted this, people saying how I am wrong and this pasta doesn't apply to OpenAI because they are different. Now while I did read this again, it did come true 100% like every single fucking time proprietary software is used through the years. While you look the open weight models and open source software last 20 years, it was good, is good and will be good forever.
>software is marketed as a user-centric solution
>commercial incentives progressively overshadow genuine utility
>data extraction replaces functional value as the core revenue driver
>opaque data collection practices become systemic
>harvesting behavioral and biometric information under misleading consent frameworks
>resisting transparency
>labor arbitrage depresses wages and working conditions
>monopoly positioning enables supra-competitive pricing without corresponding quality improvements
>market dominance translates into regulatory influence
>lobbying expenditures and revolving-door policymaking
>distorting legal frameworks to entrench incumbency
>technologies are weaponized for military/authoritarian applications
>without ethical safeguards
>while environmental costs (e-waste, energy consumption) remain unaccounted for in growth models
>engagement-optimized systems amplify divisive content
>through recommender architectures, actively corroding social cohesion while maximizing screen time metrics
>the pursuit of infinite growth on finite planetary systems culminates in systemic risk exposure
>where climate impacts, societal fragmentation, and regulatory collapse converge