Our era has been characterized by the tremendous rise of software and, consequently, its massive adoption. However, the fundamental piece of technology in earlier times, specifically before the 19th century, was hardware. Having control over the hardware meant having control over the technology and its capabilities. However, since the mid-twentieth century, with the rise of computing and, as a direct consequence, the rise of software as a commercial product, control of technology has been totally separated from hardwar.

WARNING a lot of text

TLDR: Free and open source software is our most powerful tool against corporate social control and manipulation. And I expect more massive migrations to the Fediverse and more people using FOSS alternatives.

This was an essay that I recently wrote and I wanted to share it with you guys. Keep in mind that it was translated from Spanish (my native language) to English with LibreTranslate, although I fixed a lot of errors, there still might be some. I had to put it in a Notesnook (my note taking app, and of course open source) public link, because it looks like the Lemmy backend can’t handle more than 10k characters (sadly). Also keep in mind that I know little about politics. This essay can also serve as an introduction to the FOSS philosophy.

  • Sploosh the Water@vlemmy.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for your contribution! Ever since I started seriously transitioning to FOSS over the last few years, I’ve been happier and my enjoyment of technology has only increased :)

    • Hyperi0n@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      A few years? Wow I can’t wait to be doing this that long. I’ve been experimenting with FOSS for 4 or 5 months now. And I really liking the community and the software I’m finding. Why pay 4.99$ to be able to save in a GBA Emulator on the play store when I can just use Lemuroid? Easy choice.

    • darius_drake@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s awesome dude, that’s another benefit of FOSS, we can learn and enyoy technology way more. Also thank you for reading!