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Building proprietary tech is what builds proprietary tech. Facebook developers also use the power grid, but that fact shouldn't divert rage towards solar panels

by causal 2y ago

Building proprietary tech is what builds proprietary tech. Facebook developers also use the power grid, but that fact shouldn't divert rage towards solar panels. And there very much are open source software projects specifically designed to combat "Orwellian" tech. I would not have those be proprietary too.

anticorporate 2y ago
> Facebook developers also use the power grid, but that fact shouldn't divert rage towards solar panels. Huh? In this example, it would be more like I don't really care about commercial solar panel installers supporting Facebook. I do care about solar, and would be excited about more home grown solar solutions, and I think kids seeing people in their community benefit directly from solar is more likely to get them to go into solar technology than seeing it benefit some giant corporation, especially when the giant corporation is just using that solar energy to do shitty things.