part of why I like to go off the beaten path and use weird software that doesn't come from tech megacorps is that I want people to be able to look around them and know that even if they're not yet ready to make the leap, the house doesn't always win

you're all on fedi so you understand this to some degree, but I think it's easy to forget how important it is just to know that a better future is possible; that you can use computers in a way that isn't approved by a company

to a lot of people right now, resistance is literally unthinkable

you don't have to beat people over the head with it; you just have to be seen enough that they remember when things get bad that they don't have to keep putting up with it, someone else walked away and made it work, maybe I could do that too