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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

linux is big, popular and just works just not yet on the desktop.

obs broadcaster is big, popular and everyone uses it. theres no good substitue for it.

both open source.

no company just stole the code and made an even popular version. there are dozen of examples.

or the dagor engine of war thunder. it was made open source yet no competitor cane and made a more popular game.

can you list some things when this thing of yours ever happened?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

OBS has a techy following though, rather than an audience of mainstream people who aren't especially tech-savvy.

I suppose perhaps the best example of a successful open source social media platform is Bluesky. Some people on Lemmy don't like Bluesky (and I don't use Bluesky myself) but it's getting at least some mainstream traction.

If Bluesky continues to grow then maybe a European open source social media platform could work. In fact maybe some European government or company could set up a Bluesky server.