@sarahdrochat talks about the complex issues of the #digitaldivide and what research and policy work their group is doing for overcoming negative dynamics blocking inclusion #SmartCityDay
Been thinking about digital access recently. A lot of the organizations that recondition and distribute computer in the community have tied themselves to corporate sponsors and forsaken open source.
I saw this with Austin Free-Net in #Austin and Free Geek here in #Portland
Now, with the forced migration to Windows 11, all that highly usable equipment becomes e-waste.
The failure to adopt user-friendly open source (such as Linux Mint) is jeopardizing #digitalDivide efforts.