| > The only way I can enforce my beliefs on the nytimes (and Washington post, WSJ, youtube, and amazon prime) is to use the web. Values-based positions are all too rare. The continued hope is that they create some momentum somewhere else. The web ought be more than a parallel, it ought be provibg itself better. Proof will be in the pudding. Extensions definitely are a "can't get that any other way" example. And I struggle to imagine not being equipped with form auto-saver features, history enhancers, customizable dark mode, and other benefits. But it still feels like just a start. > The web protects me and because it's text out in the open I can live my personal morality directly. I don't have to ask permission — I can enforce. Multi-planar combat against that which dogs us; Infernal Machines of closed natures which leave is stranded, high and dry, where we don't have control. We see these threads again and again. Local-capable iot. Apps & services closing down on us. Recent examples, Home Assistant: Three years later https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39345122 https://eamonnsullivan.co.uk/posts-output/home-automation-th... No one cares about open-source, until https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39396130 https://blog.cryptpad.org/2024/02/15/no-one-cares-intil/ |