Daniel SpiewakOne of my coworkers refers to Open Source as “the most incredible thing humanity has ever accomplished.” When he says that, he’s not making a socioeconomic or political statement, nor is he ignoring technical shortcomings. Rather, he is making an observation about how millions of people have created this immense pile of loosely coupled legos that actually all kind of fit together, without any central direction or fiat authority, with the only final arbiter being user adoption.
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Also worth noting that this all happened without advertising, in fact it can only happen because advertising didn't get in the way of that democratising process.
People have become conditioned to see #advertising as neutral or even a useful way to fund 'free' stuff. But that's a crucial error.
My contribution being web publishing to a #p2p platform that requires a small one-off payment. So no ongoing fees, no servers to maintain etc: #AutonomiDweb