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This blog post is a few weeks late, but here it is! Happy to be part of the 2025 cohort of the SOAM Residency Program to work on the theme of funding public interest technology. I'm focusing specifically on how we can make Open Hardware just as big and successful as Open Source Software, so we can gain back control of our technology where it really matters: chip by chip. I wrote about here, interested in your thoughts as always:
75% of web traffic flows through Google's Chromium. Apple controls Safari. American companies control how billions access the web. Building a competitive browser alternative: ~€50-70M annually, 3-4 years. @npub1nvfu...cpws proves it's technically possible with a small team. The challenge isn't technical, it's institutional: can democratic societies coordinate long-term tech projects? Read more: #DigitalSovereignty
A kind reminder that the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Bill Gates used his and his foundation's time to aggressively lobby against lifting patents on vaccines, hindering efforts to prevent millions of infections, deaths and long term disabilities in Global Majority countries. Whatever thoughts he has on the future, whether right or obviously wrong, he can shove it.
Delta Chat has been affected by the funding cuts by the Trump administration. We need messaging technology that is secure, usable and not tied to Big Tech infrastructure. Please donate to the project if you can afford to: