The Dark Side of Open Source // What really happened to Faker.js?
Published January 7, 2022
At a glance
Views
803,968
Likes
30,664
Comments
1,178
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All-time outlier score
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Yesterday, a popular open-source package, Faker.js, was abruptly taken down from GitHub. Its readme simply said “What really happened to Aaron Swartz?”. Let’s take a look at why Open Source Software can be a bad deal for many independent developers. Note. This video was reuploaded after new information came to light.…
- Published
- January 7, 2022
- Made for kids
- No
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How The Dark Side of Open Source // What really happened to Faker.js? is doing
It has 803K views in total. It ranks #5,592,647 among tracked YouTube videos by views.
Key facts about The Dark Side of Open Source // What really happened to Faker.js?
- Total views
- 803K
- Total likes
- 30.6K
- Total comments
- 1.17K
- Published
- January 7, 2022
- Global rank by views
- #5,592,647
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How many views does The Dark Side of Open Source // What really happened to Faker.js? have?
The Dark Side of Open Source // What really happened to Faker.js? has 803,968 views, 30,664 likes and 1,178 comments, ranking #5,592,647 among tracked YouTube videos by views.
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