Always be ready to migrate.
or be ready to contribute to the project you use, so they don’t have to sell to google.
Self hosting doesn’t make you immune, though. See how Plex evolved, for example. Self hosting plus free software that isn’t abandoned or compromised is the way, but idealistic developers need to take bread to the table too.
So the way maybe is self-hosted + libre software + a non-profit supporting the project. And that can too be corrupted, for example, the Mozilla Foundation and Google’s influence.
Always be ready to migrate.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
demonsword@lemmy.world 3 days ago
or be ready to contribute to the project you use, so they don’t have to sell out to google.
that may happen despite your contributing or not
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
you can also have car accident with or without alcohol, but that doesn’t mean that dui is good idea.
demonsword@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yes, of course you shouldn’t drive under influence. Still, what a bad analogy. Two completely unrelated scenarios.
TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 3 days ago
Ive contributed to several projects, code and translation, but you can really expect every user to be a programmer, or every programmer to contribute to every piece of software they use.
Besides, contribution is not a protection from capture, just look at MySQL.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Ive contributed to several projects, code and translation, but you can really expect every user to be a programmer,
i meant contributing with money. contributing code is nice, but that doesn’t help them to pay for electricity.
TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 3 days ago
That’s donations, and I’ve donated to less projects that I’d like, because it would become costly very fast. Mainly things like Wikipedia or Jellyfin.
grue@lemmy.world 3 days ago
This is why permissive licensing isn’t good enough; copyleft is essential. Every part of the system – the tech itself, the management, and the legal/business structure – have to be designed to resist being subverted against the user.