Strategic Capture of Open Source Ecosystems (heise.de)

• Tech giants use open source to cement market dominance.
• Marginalization of smaller software firms and startups.
• Increased risks to European digital resilience and infrastructure.

"Large tech corporations are strategically dominating open-source ecosystems to consolidate market control, often at the expense of smaller competitors. While the open-source community provides the labor, corporate capture of these platforms undermines decentralized innovation. This trend poses a significant challenge to digital autonomy and resilience, as proprietary influence becomes embedded in the foundational software layer of the European economy."