• Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      It’s actually the strongest argument for supporting free solutions and alternatives. You literally can not escape the monopolists by going to another private company because the monopolist will simply buy it and you’re back to running away to another private company. The only longterm solution is open software alternatives.

      The only thing I haven’t seen this happen with in tech yet is chat apps.

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          I think the only reason other solutions aren’t great is because it’s really fucking boring and not sexy at all, “What’s your project?” “Email” “Oh”