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👽 morganm

👋 I'm neither a developer, nor do I play one on TV.

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Who is concerned with excessive Big Tech influence in Linux? I was a GNU/Linux user on my main machine (for "normie" stuff like household management, web reading, and photo editing) from about 2009-2017 and am considering full switch back. It seems to me that there is a huge amount of influence from big tech corps in the major technologies that undergird GNU/Linux . Should I be concerned in the medium to long term about the direction GNU/Linux is moving in with respect to freedom and privacy? What are the real-world concerns for a non-developer like me? Is it worth the time and learning investment in an even less mainstream OS like a BSD? I'd love some thoughts and discussion on this!

For some reason I get itchy for more social interaction this time of year. Three years in a row. That makes a pattern. Can't say I understand why.