Post B4SdTIbeCK0kLZN3Eu by lumi@snug.moe
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 (DIR) Post #B4SayTStZiS78iS1QG by lumi@snug.moe
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       remember that corporations are never going to truly be on our side, in some cases they may temporarily do things that are beneficial to us, but our goals are never alignedthe tech industry is one case where this is very obvious. they pretend to love "open source" but only use it either to get free labor, or for free publicity. it was never about digital rights or user autonomy for themthey centralize everything, having these huge silos, and then make sure it is as difficult as possible to switch away. in case of social media and chat, using our friends as hostages against us. they then demand more and more from the user, knowing they can't switch away. they ask for your phone number, get a "real name" policy, and at some point will start verifying your agenow with llms, this became even more obvious. they never cared about quality software, they never cared about ethical, private or secure software. they went full-in on slop the moment their management thought it was an optionand then we have drm like the aosp hardware attestation, google play integrity, etc. we have google putting itself as the authority on what you should be able to install on your own device. apple has been in this authority position since the start, so it's not like apple is an alternativethe only way a tech project can truly be in the interest of its users, is when it is collectively owned by the community around it, without any significant corporate involvementthis is to say, we need to band together. we need to liberate ourselves. corporations are not going to do this for us. do not let them deceive you
       
 (DIR) Post #B4SdTIOB0PEffn4IF6 by admin@mastodon.slightlycyberpunk.com
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       @lumi So I've been on this particular soap box for a bit, so excuse my mini rant, but..."Open Source" is directly part of this. When that split off from the Free Software movement, they used to explain the reasoning behind it with slogans like "businesses don't care about freedom". Abandoning ideas around rights and freedom and focusing on free labor and publicity was *always* the point.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4SdTIbeCK0kLZN3Eu by lumi@snug.moe
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       @admin that is definitely true and i did not mean to imply otherwise. the reason i put open source in quotes is exactly that it is a term meant to derail the software freedom movement