I use Linux and CalyxOS to resist brazen abuse by Amzn/Goog/MSFT, but indeed it's only some degree of user control. In practice, computers aren't as hackable[1] as they used to be. Any dork who hasn't gone through LFS start-to-finish shouldn't even entertain the thought of computing superiority. Back to my main point, Linux/Unix has a lot of cruft and corporate dependence, the www and mainstream culture have been turned inside-out, and so on.
If it wasn't for the Herculean task of hardware a, maybe a worthy competitor to current desktop triumvirate would have a better shot combating social inertia. Aside from monetary barriers, it's gonna take more than technological ingenuity to overcome our collective spiritual shortcoming.
The essay focuses on a very niche subsection of our population, but the point holds when it comes to making good things (I'm in partial agreement with these guys) others want to use.
I use Linux and CalyxOS to resist brazen abuse by Amzn/Goog/MSFT, but indeed it's only some degree of user control. In practice, computers aren't as hackable[1] as they used to be. Any dork who hasn't gone through LFS start-to-finish shouldn't even entertain the thought of computing superiority. Back to my main point, Linux/Unix has a lot of cruft and corporate dependence, the www and mainstream culture have been turned inside-out, and so on.
If it wasn't for the Herculean task of hardware a, maybe a worthy competitor to current desktop triumvirate would have a better shot combating social inertia. Aside from monetary barriers, it's gonna take more than technological ingenuity to overcome our collective spiritual shortcoming.
One systemd to rule them all