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I've long held a theory that many of the "basic infrastructure" pieces of technology would best be put forward by non-profits. The profit imperative can be an insidious corrosive influence.

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When the WhatsApp acquisition happened while they had only a few dozen employees and were reportedly profitable off of their $1 per year business model, it was clear to me that the days when a small non-profit could run the world’s chat infrastructure weren’t far off.

That the Signal Foundation is now basically funded by interest earned on money made from that very WhatsApp sale is quite poetic.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/story/signal-foun...

OT: Similar for health, in the UK you can see once some parts were privatised more and more gets privatised - not surprisingly, these companies have a duty to grow.

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