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I really disagree with the idea that a person using any software which costs money or is corporate controlled is 'opposition' to free software or other movements against capitalism in tech.
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Where did you get the idea that I'm against software which "costs money or is corporate controlled"? All my objections are to proprietary software (whether on the client side or the server).
(I am against corporate-controlled platforms, but I haven't mentioned that in the post at all...companies sooner or later mistreat users. I've linked to a number of examples at the end of the post.)
That said...perhaps you refer to my opposition to centralized platforms? Surely the anti-user characteristics of centralized platforms are well-known at this point?
Sorry, I think I misread a part of your post. My mind knee jerk subbed in a similar argument I hear a lot. I will be honest that much of your essay went over my head, but I think that unregulated capitalism is a bigger enemy than other users who are seen as doing something wrong with their personal choices. I think it's good to encourage imperfect or incomplete adoption of positive things over all or nothing approaches. But i don't know what xmpp is, so I could be off base here in what you're actually talking about. Apologies