> The goal of open source, of cloud, of open APIs, of great documentation, etc., is to enable developers to build with less friction and more opportunity. I th

> The goal of open source, of cloud, of open APIs, of great documentation, etc., is to enable developers to build with less friction and more opportunity. I thought it was to empower the sovereign end-user, to enable freedom in a world increasingly ruled by computers. But I see now that actually "open source"* was meant to help Microsoft/Apple/Google/.. build locked-down spyware-laden appliances more efficiently, and grease the wheels of corporate giants like Amazon. *By pure coincidence, neither "free" nor "libre" appear anywhere in that article.