Too bad this doesn’t really mention the Fediverse or open-source software. Seems a next logical step
Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world
Submitted 7 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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toothpaste_ostrich@feddit.nl 7 months ago
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
FOSS doesn’t work as well for everything. But for something like this privacy and not leaking data is more important if you’re going to run it on your computer.
toothpaste_ostrich@feddit.nl 7 months ago
Yes, something where FOSS shines. Linus’ law.
poopkins@lemmy.world 7 months ago
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Just use open source software with open protocols.
We should have a GPL update that disallows using the software within closed sourced eco systems.“this software is only allowed to be run on open source operating systems” for example.
Eximius@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Making more walled gardens would probably only polarize society more, not help it. But the emotion is understandable.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
No, I want LESS walled gardens. Whenever a company gets involved you get walled gardens.
Let companies no longer be able to just profit from all of our work for free
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
That just sounds like you don’t want the majority of people to use it. You still only have 4% of desktop users on Linux.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Everyone can use it, use it all they want however they want
Having said that: Large corporations shouldn’t be able to profit endlessly off of my work for free, fuck that shit
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
AGPL sort of requires this and I’ve started to use it in projects that run on networks. The problem I’ve seen is that so many cloud providers use software with permissive licenses like MIT.
Honestly, more projects need to switch to licenses that require contributions back to the source if you publicly built upon it.
My company, for example, has a FOSS scanner and rejects any library that has copyleft provisions. I imagine most companies do. The corporate world would become absolutely fucked if every package decided to use GPL.
And just a reminder how one developer fucked over companies by removing his library from npm.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
That is my point yes. Open Source projects must stop using these permissive licenses, it’s allowed companies to enrich themselves by screwing over all internet users and it cost them nothing because of these licenses.
At least invest in your own damned software, assholes
tinsuke@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Love how it highlights that big tech (much to capitalism’s fault, TBH) can only drive innovation if the tech has a moat around it, if no one else can, or would, copy it and deploy it at a lower cost.
Which is… the argument that people use to defend capitalism? That capitalism drives innovation and makes it accessible to everyone at the lowest possible price.
I like the frugal tech idea as much as I like degrowth.
unlawfulbooger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
eldebryn@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s basically saying that “big tech” (as we know it today) and competition-friendly capitalism just cannot coexist. Which I’m inclined to agree with.
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
There’s no reason you couldn’t have people grow a new Internet that isn’t reliant on AWS and cloud flare and other big tech stuff, it’s just that it’s much easier to do that since it’s already there. And you still have the problems with spammers even if you try to move away from capitalism.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Frugal tech idea and degrowth are more capitalist than a handful of monopolies owning you in every orifice and billing you for it.
If by “capitalism” we don’t mean paleo-industrialism of XIX-century aristocrats with monocles and child labor. If we do mean the “free market with protections for property, rights, safety and anti-monopoly regulations yadda-yadda” moderate-normal-classical model.
Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This is a pretty good article. Something I try to stress to my students. Technology is a major driver of culture and society, and understanding that complexity of relationships is important. It’s not developed in an isolated bubble, nor is any technology neutral or value-free.
I like that the article highlights community engagement. That is so very true. Otherwise some good-intended deployment can quickly become technological colonialism when the users might not be able to do system upkeep or it solves the wrong problem
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Good article but this stood out as a massive exaggeration. They can cost millions, much like a car can cost millions, but I can pick up a microscope sufficient for most clinical laboratory work for around $200-300. A cheap epifluoresence microscope can be acquired for around $2k.
Still an inaccessible amount for many, but it’s several orders of magnitude cheaper.