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We - open organisations and communities - need to avoid dependencies on listed corporations. They use open communities to launder their reputation (at best) or to co-opt them and shut them down because they're represent a threat to that corporation's profitability. Because of their incentives, they do not act in a benevolent way in the medium to long term. They are not allies, except of temporary convenience, and dependencies on them undermine our credibility & cloud our own values.
@lightweight We also need to learn to recognize the nascent corporate abuser. Google early on looked like an ally against Microsoft.
@lwriemen at best, they can be temporary allies early in their trajectories... but always held at arm's length. They're fundamentally unreliable (except to the extent that they'll do whatever they can get away with to maximise shareholder value, i.e. profit).
@lwriemen yes - I think communities have to wise up regarding the "nature" of the corporate beast. I've characterised it here: https://davelane.nz/megacorps