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> Our digital world is built on tech developed largely for free by people rich enough to be able to afford this unpaid labour. Citation needed. As far as I kno
by uola 10y ago
> Our digital world is built on tech developed largely for free by people rich enough to be able to afford this unpaid labour.
Citation needed. As far as I know most Internet infrastructure was developed by government funded or commercial entities.
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- shshhdhs 10y agoI think OP meant Open Source software? I still don't agree with OP's sweeping statement
- scalio 10y agoYes, should have clarified, obviously hardware wasn't built for free. Regarding the sweepiness of my statement: I feel like digital freedom would be in a much, much deeper hole if it weren't for the loads of FOSS software running our servers. Sure, there are proprietary solutions, sure some dev time gets paid, but a lot of work is being and has been done only, afaict, to make the world a better place.