As Microsoft, Apple, and Google relentlessly enshittify their operating systems and applications with "AI" -- totally indifferent to the legitimate worries of customers -- they're giving the biggest boost ever to Linux on the desktop.
That's the only good news.
Unfortunately -- and this is a huge problem -- there is no equivalent when it comes to mobile devices. The Apple/Google duopoly is fully entrenched, and the alternatives are minnows in a Big Tech ocean.
How can we fix this?
Dan Gillmor /
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2024-06-11 02:50:22
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