• seaQueue@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Linux may be the best way to avoid the <insert dystopian corporate feature> nightmare

    Always has been

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      7 months ago

      I’m convinced that Linux’ mere presence has already stymied the development of the worst possible technocractic nightmare. I shudder to thick the tech chains would bind us if there was not an anchor/reference point… or if there was not even the small contingent that knows what it is like to use a liberating platform.

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        7 months ago

        I agree with this. We already have a situation where we don’t have feasible alternatives to the primary method, Google search comes to mind. With Linux, even if every company in the world goes down, nerds will still want to play with the technology.