I love modern technology (else I wouldn’t still be in cs)
I just hate how most of it is not in our own control, but in the hands of greedy corporations with the sole goal of making their ceo able to buy another private jet. I should have the right to homebrew my consoles, repair my coffee grinder, uninstall programs I don’t want and not have my data stolen.
It’s not about the CEO having another jet. Most CEOs are just employees and will be replaced in a heartbeat if they don’t perform, i.e. squeeze every last penny out of their employees and customers while not giving a single fuck about the future habitability if this planet. Corporations are owned - through several layers of obfuscation - by the 0.01% and you won’t see most of those because they know better than seek the limelight.
And even if they aren’t they’re the product of a system seemingly designed to perfectly produce the tragedy of the commons every time. Through a mutual fund I own a small portion of several companies, I don’t get to vote in any of their boards, all it is to me is a financial vehicle. Because of that my mutual funds are always going to prioritize those companies maximizing value in the short term as that’s what stock price is. While in a coop or a privately held business the people in charge may decide to take less profit now in the hopes of 10+ years from now having more profit or maintaining a stable business environment, when all a company is to its mass of owners is a financial vehicle that can be traded easily they don’t care if it’s Exxon or Apple, either is just a number.
What I most appreciated about it is that in addition to describing the problems we’re facing, he also proposed some actual fixes that are possible - though not without organization and concerted effort from those of us who care about this kind of thing!
I love modern technology (else I wouldn’t still be in cs)
I just hate how most of it is not in our own control, but in the hands of greedy corporations with the sole goal of making their ceo able to buy another private jet. I should have the right to homebrew my consoles, repair my coffee grinder, uninstall programs I don’t want and not have my data stolen.
It’s not about the CEO having another jet. Most CEOs are just employees and will be replaced in a heartbeat if they don’t perform, i.e. squeeze every last penny out of their employees and customers while not giving a single fuck about the future habitability if this planet. Corporations are owned - through several layers of obfuscation - by the 0.01% and you won’t see most of those because they know better than seek the limelight.
Fair enough, let’s say major shareholders
And even if they aren’t they’re the product of a system seemingly designed to perfectly produce the tragedy of the commons every time. Through a mutual fund I own a small portion of several companies, I don’t get to vote in any of their boards, all it is to me is a financial vehicle. Because of that my mutual funds are always going to prioritize those companies maximizing value in the short term as that’s what stock price is. While in a coop or a privately held business the people in charge may decide to take less profit now in the hopes of 10+ years from now having more profit or maintaining a stable business environment, when all a company is to its mass of owners is a financial vehicle that can be traded easily they don’t care if it’s Exxon or Apple, either is just a number.
I detect a little communism (/s)
Seize the memes of production komrade
a little? a lot! and hell yeah!
Not even communism, just “it’s my fucking property, I paid for it, I got receipts and all, why does [company] act like it’s theirs?”
There was a recent speech/plan/diatribe about this kind of thing by Cory Doctorow a couple months back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4
What I most appreciated about it is that in addition to describing the problems we’re facing, he also proposed some actual fixes that are possible - though not without organization and concerted effort from those of us who care about this kind of thing!
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://www.piped.video/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Homebrew gang