>Has it become a trend to pick up some proprietary software and vibecode a replacement for it and then slap a FOSS license on it?
Very much, yes. It started niche, and then notable sloppified projects made the normie news (Artcraft, sloppified Adobe software stack) and Sony's "you will own nothing" stance made people target the PS5 and popular titles that are now popular decompilation and emulation projects.
After that made the rounds, it seems everyone has gone full tilt on remaking existing products, but worse (there are some that are decent, but this does not look like one of them)
It's cool and interesting, but I can't help but feel we're about the enter an entirely new era of anti-consumer lobbying leading to new legislation that will be an absolute bloodbath for these projects, all while making individual consumer rights even worse.
Very much, yes. It started niche, and then notable sloppified projects made the normie news (Artcraft, sloppified Adobe software stack) and Sony's "you will own nothing" stance made people target the PS5 and popular titles that are now popular decompilation and emulation projects.
After that made the rounds, it seems everyone has gone full tilt on remaking existing products, but worse (there are some that are decent, but this does not look like one of them)
It's cool and interesting, but I can't help but feel we're about the enter an entirely new era of anti-consumer lobbying leading to new legislation that will be an absolute bloodbath for these projects, all while making individual consumer rights even worse.