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Seize the Means of Computation (www.promarket.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by savoy@lemmygrad.ml to c/technology@lemmygrad.ml

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Without the mention of FOSS, these types of pro-market "solutions" will always end up dead in the water.

This is not just a matter of competition for its own sake. This is about guaranteeing users the fundamental right to technological self-determination, a right that corporate monopolists will not yield willingly. This is nothing less than empowering users to seize the means of computation.

Can't have tech self-determination if everything's a black box controlled by corporate entities.

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[–] lambdadog@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He also reportedly told female students he'd kill himself if they don't go out with him and had a mattress in his office specifically for the insinuation women could come and have sex with him on it. As far as I'm concerned he shouldn't be trusted with the FOSS movement at all, much less be an idolized leader within it.

[–] facow@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Well the mattress was because he lived in his office. But yeah I've heard similar things. Really don't think you gotta hand it to him like some commentators do. Kind of a disgrace that the FSF brought him back