Seize the Means of Computation
Seize the Means of Computation
Without the mention of FOSS, these types of pro-market "solutions" will always end up dead in the water.
This is not just a matter of competition for its own sake. This is about guaranteeing users the fundamental right to technological self-determination, a right that corporate monopolists will not yield willingly. This is nothing less than empowering users to seize the means of computation.
Can't have tech self-determination if everything's a black box controlled by corporate entities.
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We are slowly transitioning to FOSS (maybe just open source), ironically it's big tech itself the one sponsoring the transition. Not out of goodwill but because it's cheaper and more efficient to mantain and develop open source code.
At least for 'mainstream' computing. Specialized industry software is decades behind and might never become open source.
Not out of goodwill but because it’s cheaper and more efficient to mantain and develop open source code.
And then you have the companies that use open source throughout their product but don't contribute upstream at all or even close source and only use permissively licensed open source. Which is less great 😢