This year we made good progress. You know, Linux gaming becoming better, Reddit fucking up, Metaverse failing etc. But on the other hand Big Tech has or are planning to make some moves. Such as, Google’s Web Enviroment Integrity API (EDIT: they backed off), UK’s encryption bill, etc.

So what do you think of the future? I’m currently optimistic. I think the best recent event was Reddit fucking up. Obviously one of the biggest information sources going down that path isn’t something to celebrate. But it was bound to happen. I believe decentralized social networks becoming more popular is what Aaron Swartz would have wanted if he saw how Reddit was being managed.

    • melooone@feddit.de
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      8 months ago

      Yes, Aurora is not the ideal solution and Google might be cracking down on it soon. But as long as it works I don’t really mind it going through Google, at least I don’t need an account for it.

      And sadly many Apps are just made with Google in mind because it’s so popular, but my hope is that in the future more and more Apps will have at least a Google free option.

      Mobian sounds cool, but doesn’t seem so promising to me as well. I agree that custom ROM’s are not in a good spot right now, but I think it’s gonna get better in the future.

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Surely the objective is not to get companies to “support” yet another platform, it is to use a single platform that is open at the level of protocols and file types.

      And surely that platform is already here and is called the Web.

        • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          This strikes me as a best-vs-better situation. What is your solution to this problem that is actually plausible in the real-world this century?