I would also bet that in many cases Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)'s "reverse centaur" is the bottleneck in the value chain.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur
Timo Laine (he/him)
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2026-05-04 18:04:48 UTC
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