I think that a Marxist society should allow for 0 proprietary software, and instead support for everything in free and open source decentralized technology.
I think that a Marxist society should allow for 0 proprietary software, and instead support for everything in free and open source decentralized technology.
I think the issue is that a lot of people, especially younger kids and older boomers, are not so much “choosing” a social media app as getting addicted to it. No one would “choose” an app like tik-tok just based on how much they enjoy it or how it affects their lives. They get addicted to it because it is an app designed to be addictive.
Because there is no profit motive, open-source, decentralized apps tend to be designed for ethics rather than addiction. But I fear that because these apps are not designed to be addictive, they cannot truly compete with corporate social media for the mass audience.
As nice as it feels to fight back, I don’t feel as if anything can compete with the profit motive in a Capitalist system.
That’s a great counter point. And for sure I don’t see FOSS apps overtaking something like TikTok in my lifetime. I think they will start getting a bigger share of the pie though.