> Half the kernel is still built by individuals: people using gmail.com, personal domains, or university emails. The "corporate takeover" narrative is overstated. Companies contribute heavily, but the kernel remains a genuinely collaborative project.

Isn't the assumption here flawed? Someone may be employed by a corporation but still use their gmail/personal domain/university domain. This needs to be cross-correlated against some secondary source of employment data to give a more accurate picture.

I am a bit confused though here - should the kernel be written by unemployed people? Most contributors won’t have full-time funding.