• toastal@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    It’s pretty hard to fight hegemony when your salary is just built on donations. A lot of important tech is also paid for via government grants then the private sector gets to use it and erect the walled gardens when it should be in the commons.

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      11 months ago

      Outside of the actual cabling and the initial internet what tech has is government funded that’s controlled by vc tech?

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      Most big projects survive on more than just donations. The Linux kernel is developed by developers paid by some of the biggest software corporations.