It is 2024 and we don't have #jetpacks. *If we did*, they would be remotely controlled at the whim of #bigtech, while their #HUD would show locational #adtech
But while mass computing has been on a ever regressive path there are pockets of strong resistance
Not just the #fediverse (still largely CRUD webapp replicas) but behaviors and software tools like real-time #livecoding and #musicsynthesis, where self-sovereign #tech augments human creativity and illuminates stolen alternative Universes