Seriously: quick AI summary since I didn't want to write this all up:
Godot operates on a non-profit, open-source model, supported by donations and corporate sponsorship through the Godot Foundation, rather than a traditional profit-driven software company. It is completely free and open-source under the MIT license, meaning no royalties, seat fees, or revenue cuts are taken from developers.
And Godot is rapidly gaining marketshare, at the cost of Unity:
And Valve's success with the Deck seems like it might be a catalyst for Linux going mainstream.
And Europe is making a lot of moves towards digital sovereignty, too.
All signs point to us entering a golden age for open software.
It will be interesting to see how the AI bubble bursting, destroying trillions of dollars of fake tech company paper wealth, affects this transition. I expect it will accelerate the decline of Big Tech.