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“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement (www.anildash.com)
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[…] being able to say, "wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical statement. Because what it represents is the triumph of exactly the kind of technology that's supposed to be impossible: open, empowering tech that's not owned by any one company, that can't be controlled by any one company, and that allows people to have ownership over their work and their relationship with their audience.

What podcasting holds in the promise of its open format is the proof that an open web can still thrive and be relevant, that it can inspire new systems that are similarly open to take root and grow.

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[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I think you're just being argumentative honestly. I don't disagree with anything you've said really, I just take issue with the intentional reading of "possible" as "technically possible".

Yeah OSS and a lot of open systems are huge and great. They will continue to grow. But as we both know, business will continue to be intentionally shitty. Exhibit A: world's first trillion dollar company, Apple, thrives mostly due to the proprietary ecosystem they've put in place. It's a "winning" strategy, as much as I loathe it.

We're not disagreeing on anything but wording here.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 points 10 months ago

OK, but I'm not arguing for the sake of argument. What I take issue with is the overly negative point of view that isn't justified by the reality of the current technology market. It's limited, depressive and ultimately self-destructive.

Perspective matters. Money isn't the only measure of success. Internet infrastructure is basically Linux, nginx and Apache - seriously, apart from user endpoints it's pretty much all open source - and the most common endpoint OS is Android so also open source. The idea that open systems aren't as successful as proprietary ones doesn't reflect reality, it's a projection of a limited point of view onto reality (it only seems true if large portions of the current technology market are ignored).

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I get where you are coming from now. Thanks for elaborating.

I can see where you'd get that it's an overly negative point of view, but I'll be damned if companies like Apple don't give me so many reasons to think that way :(

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