Soatok DreamseekerMay 30, 2025

Hot take: ISO standards do not meaningfully matter to me, because an extremely impoverished, unbanked person cannot freely access their contents from a smartphone or library computer.

Therefore, I go out of my way to avoid referring to them or relying on them in anyway.

Show threadMatilda LoveMay 30, 2025

@soatok ISO standards are behind a fuckin paywall?

jesus christ

Show threadAiresMay 30, 2025
@matildalove @soatok
ISO: "We created global standards for everyone to follow"
Everyone: "Can we see them?"
ISO: "No"
Show threadMatilda LoveMay 30, 2025
@aires @soatok they didn't clarify that by "everyone" they meant "wealthy techbros" because to them it's just obvious that those are the people who matter
Show threadhalcy​ @  Jun 6, 2025
@matildalove @aires @soatok some (a lot) of this stuff, like „oh you should use this standard for certification and you can only do that by a license dongle for god knows how much“ really just pretty much seem like a racket.
Show threadschrotthaufen
@halcy @matildalove @aires @soatok It is. Take 27001 for example. It’s a Herculean task for small businesses to implement. But if you’re a supplier for a bigger company, and that company and its whole supply chain have to be certified by law, you’re in trouble. Imho that particular standard exists to get rid of small competitors.
Jun 7, 2025 at 9:53amWeb