Leadership is fungible,everyone has a price, and words are innevitably wind.
I would consider this a solid step in the direction agaisnt why huggingface is actually useful.
I would consider this a solid step in the direction agaisnt why huggingface is actually useful.
FWIW I am an ML engineer there (maybe should have disclosed earlier) and I feel pretty optimistic about the opportunities this will enable for the open source community. Maybe with the visibility into the closed door discussions I have a more positive attitude, or maybe I'm being naive.
Time will tell!
This is the response/ justification every time. The issue is that it never goes that way.
>Time will tell!
It always does. What its shown me is that one step towards the slippery slope is enough to abandon hope for the project. Every good and useful open source project I've seen go this way inevitably turns their back on their customer and long outlives their usefulness.