Let's consider the good news here: we can have NGOs provide effective, foundational services for reasonable costs.
Some issues belong in the 'commons' due to elements of 'public good'.
I'm not making a political statement, this is just pragmatic reality.
If something like Wikipedia can exist without having to die due to lack of funding, well, maybe we can also do such things for 'search' and 'public messaging' (aka Twitter).
In this manner, we can forgo issues of 'total marketing surveillance' and having an excess of irrelevant ads for so many things which might be oriented towards public good and should not have artifacts of commercialization. (And I'm not even against Ads, just their ubiquity and irrelevance).
Let's not fret too much about $5M in 'goodwill' money sent out to Tides but contemplate the sliver lining here.
Of course, we should keep our eye on these things, Tides is maybe a benevolent actor, but they are also a political actor that sent money to Canada to support issues which were ultimately related to electoral outcomes.
Some issues belong in the 'commons' due to elements of 'public good'.
I'm not making a political statement, this is just pragmatic reality.
If something like Wikipedia can exist without having to die due to lack of funding, well, maybe we can also do such things for 'search' and 'public messaging' (aka Twitter).
In this manner, we can forgo issues of 'total marketing surveillance' and having an excess of irrelevant ads for so many things which might be oriented towards public good and should not have artifacts of commercialization. (And I'm not even against Ads, just their ubiquity and irrelevance).
Let's not fret too much about $5M in 'goodwill' money sent out to Tides but contemplate the sliver lining here.
Of course, we should keep our eye on these things, Tides is maybe a benevolent actor, but they are also a political actor that sent money to Canada to support issues which were ultimately related to electoral outcomes.