[zajio1am]

> I think software works well with “benevolent dictatorships” as long as there’s no lock-in or requirement to use it.

Communication systems have implicit lock-in due to network efffects. That is why it is important to support federated systems only.

[prepend]

Yes, definitely. But signal is an optional person to person program. I think it’s pretty easy to switch, or even take the source and make something new.

Even with closed source stuff like Facebook, it seems dumb to claim they are authoritarian and try to change them. It’s their product, just leave.

Lego isn’t authoritarian because they don’t make sets and changes that I want. It’s their company and they make what they make.