While I can relate to the desire to visit exotic parts of the world (or digital space), the important consideration is well being of the people who live there.
Of course homogeneity is not what we want, and not just because it's boring for visitors. But, I don't think that encouraging people in a different country/region/community (especially a smaller one) to roll their own tools is helpful either. There is so much work involved in creating and maintaining all this stuff - and the resources required are often in short supply. It seems much better if we can all leverage off each other to make better things, to be shared with the wider community.
I think the issue is more about preserving the right amount of local control over tech used locally, rather than building that tech locally from local tools.
Of course homogeneity is not what we want, and not just because it's boring for visitors. But, I don't think that encouraging people in a different country/region/community (especially a smaller one) to roll their own tools is helpful either. There is so much work involved in creating and maintaining all this stuff - and the resources required are often in short supply. It seems much better if we can all leverage off each other to make better things, to be shared with the wider community.
I think the issue is more about preserving the right amount of local control over tech used locally, rather than building that tech locally from local tools.