Post #2041323
2026-02-20 08:16 UTC
First, you should read @mnot's most recent post:
https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/02/20/open_systems.html
Then, let's discuss "permissionless innovation" and what he called recently "the power of 'no'":
https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/02/13/no.html
A short thread thisaway... 👇
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@slightlyoff@toot.cafe 2026-02-20 08:16
Last year I pointed out that Apple has effectively broken this permissionless structure and hollowed out the internet's standards bodies: https://infrequently.org/2025/09/apples-crimes-against-the-internet-community/ This situation persists, and it matters because what Apple (and to a lesser extent, Google's Android team) are doing here is to enact an *enclosure agenda*. Enclosure works by lacing open and standardised technologies with proprietary poison as the price of access, backed by legal agreements forced on everyone who wants to play.