Oh, and, if an ecosystem is critically dependent on a centralized organization with explicitly artificial (nonprofit) incentives, how does one conclude it's good for decentralization? Because it removes the centralizing forces of profit? At best, you're trading one kind of bad for another and gambling on which is worse. At worst, it's marxist leftovers.
The best case study of an infrastructure technology nonprofit might be Tor which functions like any public good: way better than nothing, but not good enough for everyone to use it all the time.
Oh, and, if an ecosystem is critically dependent on a centralized organization with explicitly artificial (nonprofit) incentives, how does one conclude it's good for decentralization? Because it removes the centralizing forces of profit? At best, you're trading one kind of bad for another and gambling on which is worse. At worst, it's marxist leftovers.
The best case study of an infrastructure technology nonprofit might be Tor which functions like any public good: way better than nothing, but not good enough for everyone to use it all the time.