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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/downvotesonlypls on 2023-12-11 18:38:29.

You constantly hear people saying I wish there was an open sourced alternative to companies like datadog.

But it got me thinking…

Has there ever been open sourced alternatives that have actually had a significant impact on their closed sourced competitors?

What are some examples of this?