Even if all you care about is whether you keep getting paid, being one of the owners of a business (even if it's one of many) suggests to me that you would have much more influence about whether you keep getting paid than you would in any business where you are not an owner.

The world does not, contrary to popular opinion, revolve around stock prices. Ownership is about having equal influence in strategic decisions.

"I don't care about the success as long as I get paid" is typically something you hear from people who have never tried a truly democratic workplace before. It's a transformative experience.

Does it matter? Jobs worth caring about are extremely rare so I don’t actually care about what the company does. I would vote to sell the company and cash out if I worked somewhere democratic.

> Jobs worth caring about are extremely rare

Yes, co-ops are rare.

There is no ownership structure in the world that could ever make me care about boring software

Maybe if it’s yours, it’s not boring.

Like kids :P