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The problem with FOSS isn't a lack of politics (they have plenty of that), but tunnel vision focus on software, when everything that is going wrong with the mod
by grumbel 2y ago
The problem with FOSS isn't a lack of politics (they have plenty of that), but tunnel vision focus on software, when everything that is going wrong with the modern Internet is based around data (who stores it, who controls it, who can access it, who pays for it, ...).
One would expect something like the similar to the GDPR to grow out of the FOSS movement, but it didn't. The FOSS movement still has nothing similar on offer. Handling of data remains a complete blind spot for the movement.
- moi2388 2y agoThat’s a very good point!
- wolvesechoes 2y ago"The problem with FOSS isn't a lack of politics (they have plenty of that)" The point of politics is to shape society through, well, policies. Considering your point on "tunnel vision focus" I think we agree, it is just that I use the term "politics" in broader, and older, sense.
- Tijdreiziger 2y agoThere’s noyb [1] and the various EDRi-affiliated organizations [2]. In the US, there’s the EFF [3]. [1] https://noyb.eu/ https://noyb.eu/ [2] https://edri.org/ https://edri.org/ https://edri.org/about-us/our-network/ https://edri.org/about-us/our-network/ [3] https://www.eff.org/ https://www.eff.org/