[aquaduck]

> I think we were close. We got general purpose computers and we had a robust open source movement.

Why do you say we "had" a robust open source movement? As far as I can see, FOSS is as strong as it's ever been. The Linux desktop experience is nicer than it's ever been before. If you're adventurous, you can even run mainline Linux on your phone nowadays.

Sure, the incentives suck. Ad-tech and other garbage makes much more money, and all that junk has grown proportionately with its profitability. But FOSS hasn't gone anywhere.

[ineptech]

Fair point; it hasn't gone anywhere, I guess it just feels outgunned because the closed source movement has grown so unbelievably huge.

Also, it seems like a healthy chunk of the "FOSS movement" nowadays is just corporations paying people to work on software that happens to serve their interests, which is neat but not really in contradiction to the overall dystopian trend.