thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe (annotated) case for a "big fedi"privacy.thenexus.todayexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up162file-text
arrow-up162external-linkThe (annotated) case for a "big fedi"privacy.thenexus.todaythenexusofprivacy@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoAnd yet if the Fediverse were to take off, you would not be able to blink twice before it’s all commercialized and controlled.
minus-squaresj_zero@lotide.fbxl.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoUnfortunately, it’s the paradox of liberty that to be free you need to also give freedom to people you don’t like who will do things you don’t like. In spite of that, libre is an ideal worth pursuing. Otherwise everyone might as well just go right back to big tech now.
And yet if the Fediverse were to take off, you would not be able to blink twice before it’s all commercialized and controlled.
Unfortunately, it’s the paradox of liberty that to be free you need to also give freedom to people you don’t like who will do things you don’t like.
In spite of that, libre is an ideal worth pursuing. Otherwise everyone might as well just go right back to big tech now.