@resl "What if you bought a car, but you weren't allowed to look under the hood or repair it. Also, you can't drive to places that the car manufacturer hasn't approved. And they put ads on the dashboard. ..."

Most of the ridiculous things in software and IT become starkly clear when you translate the situation to physical machinery.

@resl

the importance of sharing even small improvements, even if they are based on self interest, are of benefit to everyone. Not having to re-invent the wheel every time you want to do something is as important as using or improving the way you do it. we are collective slaves if we have to continually re-invent the wheel. _especially_ if it belongs to someone else.

in order to thrive, individually and collectively, we have to accept that we depend on others. most explicitly on others that have gone before us. and in order to do that, we have to have an accurate and reliable record of what they did. not what they said they did, nor what they intended to do or what they would like to tell you about what they did, but what they did.

no one who is personally profiting while being able to satisfy a lust for power over others in order to compensate for something missing in their life is going to share if they don't have to.

living is process not things. we cannot hope to be safe or able to meet our needs when we are wholly dependant on individuals who value things over process. and even more so if it is an incorporated representation of their values.

@resl

* watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM4
* actually download, install and use something together (e.g. bitchat, signal,) bc experience is key
* somehow underline that the techbros are dark triad, poisoned with power, and they can literally read everything you post on their platforms? (Imagine the workers of old trying to organize strikes in their bosses office, while him and his stooges take notes and record onto a grama-phone...)

@resl

* watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM4
* actually download, install and use something together (e.g. bitchat, signal,) bc experience is key
* somehow underline that the techbros are dark triad, poisoned with power, and they can literally read everything you post on their platforms? (Imagine the workers of old trying to organize strikes in their bosses office, while him and his stooges take notes and record onto a grama-phone...)

@resl
What an excellent opportunity! Main talking points (1/2):
* Copyleft, when used correctly¹, puts individuals on equal footing with corporations with regard to creating collaborative works of authorship (software being most notable).
* Copyleft is designed to use the systems of oppression (most notably copyright, but also non-negotiable contracts) *against* the oppressive Big Tech/Big Content corporations that created those systems.
* Copylefting one's own published works is easy²
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@resl what is the acceptable end goal and how tech savvy are these people? Is "getting off of Big Tech" an ideal for individuals or are we talking on a societal level?

@resl vendor lock-in as a delayed extraction scheme is something that is interesting to anyone interested in tech resilence