The Conditionally Open Web

At the heart of this and as I mull this over again and again is the idea that the requirement to earn a profit leads to behavior that's directly counter to the open ideals upon which the web was founded. Removing that requirement allows for more openness (though that is still voluntary). If you believe in the open web, you'll make things open. If you support the ideal, you'll build for it. If all you see is a platform and a medium absent the ideal, you'll exploit it.

It's the ongoing debate about capitalism versus community. Too often the lust for more and more profit ruins good things.