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Aline Blankertz@alineblankertz@indieweb.social

Tech Economist

cofounder @structural_integrity | Tech Economy Lead @rebalance_now | fan @champagneanarchism


believes in people's ability to learn and change (neoliberal in a previous life, now all about solidarity & mutual aid) | Berlin-based with a soft spot for night trains | blurry boundaries between private and professional - content from both domains here
Joined: 2026-06-14 21:02:41
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Reply to @chpietsch@fedifreu.de
Aline Blankertz@alineblankertz@indieweb.social (2026-06-14 18:09:49)
@chpietsch oh that’s interesting. Do you happen to know why? Is there anything public on this?
@malteengeler

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Aline Blankertz@alineblankertz@indieweb.social (2026-06-14 17:25:01)
Also thanks again to @malteengeler for great comments and additions - for example, I had not even heard of the ActivityPub standardisation body on which Meta holds a seat while Mastodon doesn’t… (as almost always, once one starts digging, things turn out to be even worse than expected)

Aline Blankertz@alineblankertz@indieweb.social (2026-06-14 03:35:17)
Open-source software may be less bad than proprietary software, but it is also co-opted by big tech, follows proprietary design paradigms & is produced under similar conditions: extractivist, white, male and undemocratic.

The role of open source in digital is very much like that of the electric car in mobility. Check out the latest @structural_integrity blog for how this relates to the EU Open Source Strategy in the Tech Sovereignty Package and how to be more ambitious: https://www.structural-integrity.eu/open-source-is-the-electric-vehicle-of-digital-policy/