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   dragestil (dragestil@hostux.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 20:22:10 JST dragestil

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   • Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿

   @lightweight
   "Most things are proprietary."
   "That's why I don't use most things."
   From a conversation I had with someone a few days ago.

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     Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 20:22:14 JST Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿

     Periodic reminder: just because 'everybody does it!' or 'everybody uses it!' doesn't mean that everybody isn't wrong, generally badly informed, and working against everybody's best interesting. More often than not, that is, in fact, the case when technology is involved.

     In the context of software provision, it's almost always the case. And yes, it is Microsoft/Google/Apple/Amazon/Facebook/Twitter/Oracle/Adobe/Salesforce/et al.'s fault. They deserve all the blame.