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Big Tech is turning you into a digital tenant, but there is a way to evict them (www.neowin.net)
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The shift to SaaS and Windows 11 updates means you no longer own your software. Here is how free software tools can help you reclaim control.

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[+] -7 points 3 months ago* (7 children)

You are part of the problem. You chose to profit by building their tools. Now they enslave you.

You still have valuable experience that this world needs. You could choose to work on open source software, and in building an ecosystem outside of the technofascism you did mercenary work for.

Signed, an open source developer (that also gets paid a pretty penny and is still happy with their day to day work, surrounded by like-minded peers).

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    This kind of attitude towards people just trying to get by is a pretty shitty one. You aren’t above anybody by being an OSS dev.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    This kind of attitude towards people just trying to get by is a pretty shitty one

    OP, by their own words, is set up for life. They could retire now if they wanted to.

    You aren’t above anybody by being an OSS dev.

    I am not, but at least I am not a class traitor.

    Since uni decades ago, people have had contempt for devs joining the ranks of Facebook and Google. Nowadays is the grifters that work in AI startups. And previously was the grift of cryptocoins. None of them were nicely seen in any of my circles, OSS, uni folks, conferences. I have old uni friends that ended up working for Microsoft via acquisition, and they ended up depressed and with serious health problems from the stress.

    You take ownership of something, and you break it? You own the pieces. Adult accountability, which seems to be missing in the USA.

    If the OP is feeling empty and sad, by their own words, then, what better approach than to work on something that undos the damage he, by their own words, has inflicted upon the world

    I mean, for the love of god. Let's read the article of the thread we are..

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago

    He said it was “in part” and you are acting like my guy personally spun up EC2 instances that kill people or something. In his post he even recognizes the problem but here you are just ramming it down everyone’s throats that it’s really the OSS devs saving the world out here.

    I’ve been in the space for almost a decade at this point and by god OSS devs have to be the weirdest people I’ve ever met. Always some sort of superiority complex or something.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    No, it's the right attitude, but the language could be less harsh...like asking him if he still building their tools and a part of the problem instead of just declaring it. People need to hear it when they are are helping enshitification, it just needs to be done from a place of concern or pity and not from a pkace of anger or hostility.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    I realize that I am part of the problem. Unfortunately, I am not motivated to build anything in the tech sector atm. There is no sense of duty or redemption that could override the dread I feel for working in tech. Hopefully that fades with time. But for now, I think any future contributions that I make to society will be in other domains such as politics or social services.

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