At Google, some of the engineers would joke, self-deprecatingly, that the software internally was not particularly exceptional but rather Google’s dominance was an example of the power of network effects: when software is custom tailored to work well with each other.
You don’t choose FOSS because you like abstractions and general solutions but because, well, it is free. And you remain independent. And you can actually verify yourself that the software is well-built and worthwhile to build on.
You don’t choose FOSS because you like abstractions and general solutions but because, well, it is free. And you remain independent. And you can actually verify yourself that the software is well-built and worthwhile to build on.