(Go read [The Conversation's] article if you want to know more – it is a very good read)

Thanks for the recommendation, Joachim. It sure would've been nice if you'd linked to it.

This article seems to try to take The Conversation's compelling comparison of anti-AI to Ludditism and then shoehorn it into FOSS. I can agree it's related as left-libertarian, but this article's idea feels like it came about after they read The Conversation's and just did it worse for a less relevant connection.

If [Take Back CTRL] isn’t in line with the philosophy of the Luddites, I don’t know what is. Dignity, self-determination, agency. That’s what it’s always been about.

Okay, no, Luddites weren't just generically anti-every-bad-thing-about-tech (and two of those things listed are the same thing); they destroyed machines as high-value targets to get early industrial manufacturers to stop abusing labor.

I’m not trying to convince you of anything with this article; I am not looking for converts. I am just trying to point out that the FOSS movement is not anything new, not really.

So you're trying to convince us that the FOSS movement is not anything new; did you ever learn what a persuasive essay is? Also, the headline and subheader is: "[...] I Use Linux; And Maybe You Should Too". Trying to convince someone of something isn't nefarious, and it's staggering that someone would write this in a published opinion piece.

I like the ideals of this author, but their piece is poorly argued, meandering, and generally feels stream-of-conciousness.