today i was reminded of hastebin for some reason.
for context: hastebin.com was a site hosting the open source hastebin software to temporarily store text.
it was very simple: you paste your text and then you save it. it could then be shared with anyone.
few years later it got acquired by toptal and the service went to the shitters but i digress..
how can an open source project just be acquired by someone like toptal? i know there tend to be central leaders on open source projects (which can be passed onto others) and hosting services can be costly but i figured due to the nature of open source that it is harder to take over a project..
yes i know forking is an option and that people did do that but still. under the stewardship of toptal from what ive seen the project went quite in the gutters and i havent heard of hastebin in years..
now to be fair, you can organize your onedrive too