this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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[–] vibe@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago

Or at least have them be publicly owned common good, owned by multiple countries with editorial independence from the get go and funded through taxation. That would be a start.

[–] Lamy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

today I learned an important new word

[–] mawkler@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, it means that the users should own the services, which is what the F in FOSS means

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Incidentally, I wrote a detailed article on the subject a while back https://justiceinternationale.com/articles/2020-12-02-we-must-own-our-tools/

[–] Cynosure@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I miss lemmy.ml before the reddit API changes. Not nearly as many bootlickers.

[–] Caffeine2001@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

common Lemmy W

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Communism works nice in theory, and in theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is. But we e can definity re-shitproof internet based services.

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