Cooperative Software
jeferson.me
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.

  • Shin@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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    24 hours ago

    This is yet another solution for the money problem, but my focus isn’t on the money, but on the “who actually have a say” on the direction, and focus.

    For sure, I would prefer national money over venture capital every day of the week, and twice on Sunday, but the problem is on the governance and not on the economics.

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.ukEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      That was the part of my answer I wasn’t as happy with, admittedly. The way things are in the states make it really hard to see how you’d set up a politically independent, impartial yet informed, and corruption-resistant governing body for any kind of pot of public money. Especially a pot of money that would be clawed away from tyrannical billionaires who would have every reason to want to ratfuck the thing or get their money back.