Commoditize Your Complement

Stumbled upon this while I was reflecting on why Meta open-sources their stuff so much

• https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/15ucgr6/why_is_meta_releasing_free_open_source_stuff/

https://gwern.net/complement

This is also a SUPER GOOD read, “Open Source as a strategic weapon” http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/magic-cauldron/ar01s11.html

Meta wants to offset the mass and market power.

The actual reason from Meta:

• https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2023/q4/META-Q4-2023-Earnings-Call-Transcript.pdf