Ev Williams became billionaire over Twitter, which was only possible through Open source Software. Even this site today, even with Williams being a billionaire, would not be possible if software cost as much as it cost back in 1990s.

> Medium is old corporate money

Its not. You don't seem to be aware what old corporate money is. Old corporate money is IBM, Murdoch, Rockefeller and their lot. They would be running the show even here if it wasn't for cooperation among people in software landscape. And no ones voice would be heard in such an environment, including yours…