Cooperative Software
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What if the apps we use were owned by the people who use them? A dive into platform cooperatives, the internet we could have, and why open source and open protocols alone aren't enough.

This is a general view on the topic. I think open-source isn’t enough, we need also governance for the software we use, and create small pockets of freedom.

All feedback is welcome.

  • benjirenji@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 day ago

    And hopefully these protocols are backward compatible so I can still use a limited feature set running an older version. I think this would be a big step towards avoiding any fragmentation.

    I hate when software supports up to an arbitrary version number and if you just fake the version string in your client or framework it just works fine. Why set up arbitrary hurdles?

    • Shin@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Protocol solves this issue. And reason why takes so long for a protocol to establish.