Just use open source software with open protocols.

We should have a GPL update that disallows using the software within closed sourced eco systems."this software is only allowed to be run on open source operating systems" for example.

That kinda exists. It's called AGPL. So even if people just use open source software as a service. They have to provide the code. Still doesn't stop you from running it on proprietary systems, but I don't think that's an issue outside of governments. If a corp decides to buy windows and run their software on it I don't care. As long as my government has to dependency on a foreign software giant like microsoft.

AGPL sort of requires this and I've started to use it in projects that run on networks. The problem I've seen is that so many cloud providers use software with permissive licenses like MIT.

Honestly, more projects need to switch to licenses that require contributions back to the source if you publicly built upon it.

My company, for example, has a FOSS scanner and rejects any library that has copyleft provisions. I imagine most companies do. The corporate world would become absolutely fucked if every package decided to use GPL.

And just a reminder how one developer fucked over companies by removing his library from npm.

Too bad this doesn't really mention the Fediverse or open-source software. Seems a next logical step

fediverse

That is my point yes. Open Source projects must stop using these permissive licenses, it's allowed companies to enrich themselves by screwing over all internet users and it cost them nothing because of these licenses.

At least invest in your own damned software, assholes

That just sounds like you don't want the majority of people to use it. You still only have 4% of desktop users on Linux.

FOSS doesn't work as well for everything. But for something like this privacy and not leaking data is more important if you're going to run it on your computer.

There's no reason you couldn't have people grow a new Internet that isn't reliant on AWS and cloud flare and other big tech stuff, it's just that it's much easier to do that since it's already there. And you still have the problems with spammers even if you try to move away from capitalism.

Everyone can use it, use it all they want however they want

Having said that: Large corporations shouldn't be able to profit endlessly off of my work for free, fuck that shit

“Capitalism creates innovation!”
The innovation:

Yes, something where FOSS shines. Linus' law and Kerckhoff's principle.

Microscopes are crucial for diagnosing infections but can cost millions of pounds, making them entirely inaccessible for many people across the globe.

Good article but this stood out as a massive exaggeration. They can cost millions, much like a car can cost millions, but I can pick up a microscope sufficient for most clinical laboratory work for around $200-300. A cheap epifluoresence microscope can be acquired for around $2k.

Still an inaccessible amount for many, but it's several orders of magnitude cheaper.

Making more walled gardens would probably only polarize society more, not help it. But the emotion is understandable.