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submitted 3 months ago by ray@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[–] sunzu@kbin.run 71 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Corporate lobby hates the idea of state funded open source

It will take a generation or two for the people to win this one

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

arent we more than a couple generations in at this point?

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 4 points 3 months ago

Takes about 3-4 generariom before society takes action.

Most people still don't know what open source is or why they would care when they can use their windows PC to surf Facebook with chrome...

[–] mecfs@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Doesn’t help that the new parliament’s composition has a higher corporate bootlicker ratio

[–] CyberTailor@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Europarliament is powerless, it can't even propose new laws

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 1 points 3 months ago

These parasites are well funded and organized.

It will get worse before it gets better