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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.

Is that really true though? Like there’s no reason I could be president except for the massive amount of connections and funding is need that effectively means it is not possible for me to be effective. (Nussbaum or Sen would say this is not about actual capability.)

I certainly think we could grow a new internet, but there is so much culture and forces pushing against this, that it may not be actually possible with addressing the systemic forces first.

Not to say we should do nothing (similar to recycling — we should do what we can as individuals, but it’s somewhat moot as long as industrial processes continue as they are now). We should do what we can and work toward a better vision.

(Edit: I think I was responding to only the first part of your comment because when I re-read it, I think I’m actually saying something similar to you)

No, I want LESS walled gardens. Whenever a company gets involved you get walled gardens.

Let companies no longer be able to just profit from all of our work for free

Spamming, scams, and many forms of white collar crime are a result of people either getting desperate for a decent living or being greedy and wanting infinitely more than others have.

If you take out these two possibilities guess what gets almost entirely extinct.