Internet wasn't ever truly independent, but this is a step in the right direction of putting tech know how and ability into the users hands rather than gating it to the 'tech wizards' off somewhere and being reliant on big social media sites' rises and falls.
Big tech will respond very antagonistically to FOSS/fediverse as they grow bigger, I can imagine it'll be like how Google play 'doesn't play nice' with Fdroid for a tame example. People are tired and broke ass enough to bypass shit, and as always, if there's a will there's a way.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they started bundling free memberships to premium federated social media services that are corporate owned and controlled. Or maybe they’ll just sponsor people to be on the committees who manage the standards and effectively gridlock them
I'm expecting to see if not outright blocked/banned access (like walled gardens if you're familiar facebook and reddit are allowed, but marxists.org or wolframalpha are banned) pay more to access services that aren't part of the social media monopolies, ex FOSS apps are free in of themselves in this future, but to unlock (at least legally) you have to pay a fee.
Internet wasn't ever truly independent, but this is a step in the right direction of putting tech know how and ability into the users hands rather than gating it to the 'tech wizards' off somewhere and being reliant on big social media sites' rises and falls.
Big tech will respond very antagonistically to FOSS/fediverse as they grow bigger, I can imagine it'll be like how Google play 'doesn't play nice' with Fdroid for a tame example. People are tired and broke ass enough to bypass shit, and as always, if there's a will there's a way.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they started bundling free memberships to premium federated social media services that are corporate owned and controlled. Or maybe they’ll just sponsor people to be on the committees who manage the standards and effectively gridlock them
I'm expecting to see if not outright blocked/banned access (like walled gardens if you're familiar facebook and reddit are allowed, but marxists.org or wolframalpha are banned) pay more to access services that aren't part of the social media monopolies, ex FOSS apps are free in of themselves in this future, but to unlock (at least legally) you have to pay a fee.