Scoble says business incentives, not open letters, decide open-source outcomes
Scobleizer · x · 2026-07-26
Robert Scoble argues that Meta-style business incentives usually beat public open-source letters. He cites a 2007 data-portability request to Zuckerberg that was rejected, saying that decision helped Meta make billions and made him skeptical that signatures alone can force companies to protect open source.
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