So many things, big and small have become enshittified and it can feel pretty overwhelming imagining doing anything about it.
So I decided to start disenshittifying (@pluralistic's term) stuff one small step at a time.
Starting with a QR code creator and a password generator. No ads, no tracking, no shit.
And I encourage anyone to join in, or make suggestions!
@johnallsopp @pluralistic Love the project, and the tools are neat and clean. But how are you thinking of maintaining and growing the project without falling into the trap of enshittification?
A cynic would say that every good, free service like this is just at step 1 of 3.
@johnallsopp @pluralistic I don’t think you would be the person to go down that road, I just know a lot of solo-maintainer projects can end up getting abandoned or transferred to a corporate entity as time goes on.
Maybe a better question to ask is, more broadly, how do we build collectively-maintained tools for open access in the long run?
John Allsopp
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