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Contributing to open source is not contributing to free software, the big 5 are indeed all doing quite the opposite: creating walled gardens, trying to monopoli
by kome 8y ago
Contributing to open source is not contributing to free software, the big 5 are indeed all doing quite the opposite: creating walled gardens, trying to monopolize the distribution of software and goods, and pushing for a web monoculture.
Also, they are making the web a more centralist and frankly, boring, place.
- pmoriarty 8y ago"creating walled gardens, trying to monopolize the distribution of software and goods, and pushing for a web monoculture" ...and spying on users.
- saagarjha 8y agoThat's why I said "open source" and not "free software". Those companies do contribute a bit to "free software", but really only in token amounts.