Interacting with the tech community at IndiaFOSS seems to leave me more depressed each time. Every participant is geeky and has some idea of what “FOSS” is, and yet is constantly promoting proprietary and centralized platforms - Instagram, LinkedIn, Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Matrix, ATProto… And those who do know about the alternatives (e.g. XMPP, ActivityPub) don’t exactly feel the need to support them. Writing patches (even for pay!), making bug reports, hell, just being active participants…it’s all too much to expect. So tired of seeing this from people who should know better. They make the world a shittier place for themselves and everyone else. #contraLibre