@gabriel @parker it is also really telling that the shift to the left of free software has led to disdain for "the wrong people" using tools of liberation and a loss of interest in developing those tools. ceding to big tech is not a position you would be taking if you were actually the underdog. as an example I remember a stupid asshole a couple years ago that said about e2ee chat "if your movement requires me installing an app, I'm out" fine, get black-bagged by feds at your next migrant protest then idiot