> But I'd wager 99% of the folks commenting on this thread have never done a build from source before, nor would ever want to?

what an insensitive comment this is to anyone that has contributed. are they really saying "the source is available but it's fine if nobody can build it, who cares about building open source projects anyway?" what use is open source code that can't be built? another of their comments from the same thread:

> We even took protective measures to make sure the open source work we do stays open, by putting them under GPLv3 a while back.

this is almost exactly what minio did; I'm generally in favor of copyleft, but a copyleft license can absolutely be used as a tactic to prevent other commercial interests from benefiting from and supporting an open source project. they want exclusive rights to distribute proprietary versions while benefiting from open source contributors.

I decided to stay away from truenas for my recent nas build precisely because it smelled of enshittification, and it's unfortunate to see it trending further in that direction.