Something that this last year has shown in spades is how important and reliable FOSS has become across the games industry and in general tech. More than ever, we've been shown that we can't keep depending our work and social media on companies that can rull-pug us at any moment for the sake of their own profit.
Godot, Mastodon, Blender, Krita, and so many more have become big cornerstones of our industry, and they keep evolving daily with more contributors than ever. Excited to see where we go!
@jorgegamedev Don't forget the big name in the room, Linux, which while still uncommon on consumer computers, is and has been the standard for servers. (as well as appliances and mobiles like #android and #steamdeck, of course)
And the million little(r) projects powering the web.
I think that "digital autonomy", is something very important for people to have. Of all the "utilities" in our lives, the internet is the most at the whim of private companies.
Closed platforms like... most social networks restrict how people can interact and do business with each other. Can you imagine if both parties of a transaction had to have an account at the same bank to be able to do it?
Of course, there is still a bunch of work to be done for FOSS to become truly attractive for a general audience, but I can speak for myself when I say that right now it is a bit of a "eat your vegetables" situation: it might be a bit more inconvenient in the moment, but it's the healthy thing to do in the long term.
Jorge M. Carvalho 🐳
Leonardo Giovanni Scur