> Permissive open source (MIT, BSD) is a voluntary donation to the likes of Jeff Bezos

This is like saying planting a tree that converts CO2 to oxygen is a voluntary donation to Jeff Bezos.

Just because you do something that helps everyone without distinguishing between the people being helped doesn't mean it's bad.

(A)GPL helps everyone proportionately, without distinguishing between the people being helped. MIT allows one person to try and capture the entire benefit.

> MIT allows one person to try and capture the entire benefit.

No it doesn't. Software is not a scarce good. If Jeff Bezos uses my MIT-licensed software to make billions, he has taken nothing away from the rest of humanity. They can still use it just as much as he could.

It does when he captures all the attention away from you and makes everyone think it's his project. You will have no users or contributors. You'll be free to maintain your own fork, but it'll be like forking one of Jeff's own proprietary projects.