Post #2768163
2023-12-12 15:36 UTC
@ck@chaos.social @dalias@hachyderm.io @signalapp@mastodon.world this is a very rude comment that misunderstands our choices and commitments. I, also, do not *want* to run corp software. But in a world where a few companies own and/or otherwise control most of the infra we all rely on, INCLUDING choosing which FOSS options receive support (via hiring their maintainers, funding via Linux Found etc), it's an unhelpful fantasy to paint operating in this ecosystem, shaped by these forces/actors, as a "choice" made out of obstinacy/stupidity
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@Mer__edith@mastodon.world 2023-12-12 15:38
@ck@chaos.social @dalias@hachyderm.io @signalapp@mastodon.world There's also a reckoning to be had within the FOSS community IMO, which in the 1990s took its eye off market actors even as it remained vigilant about government surveillance/overreach. The acceptance of corporate tech (and implicitly its surveillance business model), led by folks like ESR via the break from Free software to "open source," did a lot to get us here.