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How did we all get stuck in the worst possible [tech] timeline?

• cyanydeez 3y ago
  Capitalism
• Waterluvian 3y ago
  This isn’t quite the worst. The worst never had globally free GPS or the Internet. It was all always totally private orgs with subscription services.
  • leoqa 3y ago
    AOL in 2023
• somat 3y ago
  I am not sure about that. Somehow we ended up in a time line where there is this great mainstream full stack os where not only do you get the full source code you also are allowed to use and distribute it with very few restrictions. All of which is based on the critical generosity of a few key individuals. It is easy to imagine a history where this did not happen at all. The coolest thing is, say you are a snob like me, "Ah yes, your source code based os project is very nice and all but it's inclusiveness has made it far to big and messy for my small hipster mind" there are multiple source code based operating systems to choose from! Really it is pretty great.
• justinclift 3y ago
  Learned sociopathy in decision making ranks. aka MBAs