Great article.
I see this trend too: the systems powering the modern world are increasingly featureful, complicated, centralised into a few hands, and this will likely continue.
I'm a keen developer and user in this world, and recognize the vast users this world provides for.
At the same time, I appreciate a back-to-basics approach that emphasizes systems that can be understood and controlled by individuals and small communities:
* Hardware that has open specs: Pinephone, Pinebook, Raspberry Pi, ...
* Open source OSs: Linux desktop, Linux mobile, Lineage OS.
* https://reproducible-builds.org/ and https://www.bootstrappable.org/, allowing trust to be distributed.
* Monorepo based OSs: NixOS, Guix.
* Gemini, rather than the web: web browsers are now beyond reasonable understanding/control for small communities.
* Mastodon rather than Twitter.
* Projects that are community driven.
* XMPP/Matrix over Signal/Discord/FB.
I choose to live within this world for my personal world where possible. It's not as featureful, and that's fine.
I see this trend too: the systems powering the modern world are increasingly featureful, complicated, centralised into a few hands, and this will likely continue.
I'm a keen developer and user in this world, and recognize the vast users this world provides for.
At the same time, I appreciate a back-to-basics approach that emphasizes systems that can be understood and controlled by individuals and small communities:
* Hardware that has open specs: Pinephone, Pinebook, Raspberry Pi, ...
* Open source OSs: Linux desktop, Linux mobile, Lineage OS.
* https://reproducible-builds.org/ and https://www.bootstrappable.org/, allowing trust to be distributed.
* Monorepo based OSs: NixOS, Guix.
* Gemini, rather than the web: web browsers are now beyond reasonable understanding/control for small communities.
* Mastodon rather than Twitter.
* Projects that are community driven.
* XMPP/Matrix over Signal/Discord/FB.
I choose to live within this world for my personal world where possible. It's not as featureful, and that's fine.