(TN3) his is inspired by Solene's "open letter" to Open Source and free developers
 (???) nd something I decided not to keep to myself until I've read it. You can find
       t here: 
 (???) gopher://dataswamp.org/1/%7esolene/article-dear-developers]
 (???) ear developers, any kind of developer, anyone who got his hand "dirty" in the
 (???) onderful world of computing science and electronics.
 (???) et a fucking grip. Seriously.
 (???) hy you think humans built machines? To do what human themselves are slow or not
 (???) apable to do of course. It's pretty obvious and simple answer.
 (???) o what you are supposed to do is to fullfill needs through the use of computers.
 (???) re you really aware of what boils down?
 (IMG) T technology and semiconductors industries are not in their infancy anymore. Just like radios 
 (???) nd TVs: they were supposed to allow anyone to hear and see music, news, movies, culture and 
 (SND) o on but now those are mere brainwashing tools in the hands of corporations, governments, 
 (HTM) uge religious entities and the like. People have the illusion of being free by being 
 (???) mpowered by internet, by computer themselves... They all ignore the very same problem behind 
       t.
 (IMG) t's nothing by people for people with people's interests in mind when someone or something 
 (SND) ee it as an opportunity to make money or exploit people.
 (???) nd this is a so widespread concept that's true almost everywhere.
 (???) ave you ever asked yourself why there are less long lasting devices nowadays then some 
 (DOC) ecades ago? Is because many, if not all, companies are outsourcing to Asian factories (where 
 (???) he mold on their roof has more rights than their workers)? Is because technology is advancing 
 (SND) o rapidly that everything turns to be outdated (and then unsuitable to accomplish some tasks)?
 (???) o you really need a eight-core 4GHz, 256GiB of RAM, 2TiB internal memory smartphone to share 
 (???) at photos, being bothered by notification of "friends" taking a dump or shoot photos of 
 (???) ourself in front of the mirror in a bathroom?
 (???) o you really believe that a damn thin laptop with soldered CPU and RAM cooled by a forced air 
 (???) low taken from under the keyboard built with unreplaceable custom sized batteries is 
 (SND) omething designed for you to last?
 (???) hat makes you convinced that a house filled with hi-tech shit is really capable of improving 
 (???) ifestyle?
 (???) oddamn marketing. 
 (???) es, marketing. What empowered civilization into developing is now choking freedom like it 
 (???) ever did before because now marketing learned to take advantage of computers too.
 (IMG) s everything behind money itself not your needs.
 (???) o, lots of old computers (even smartphones technically can be considered computers) are 
 (???) rashed despite the fact they are perfectly working. They don't have enough memory, they are 
 (SND) low... Because what runs inside is designed to be slow and huge! How can an instant messaging 
 (???) pplication be supposed to take more memory than an entire operating system?
 (???) ecause marketing wants you to buy a more capable device to run it spending more money to do 
 (???) he VERY SAME thing. With more emoji, icons, colors and bullshit. Because having the last 
 (???) ersion is cool! Trends over needs? Is what assholes wants to be able to enslave the others.
 (???) ow much pollution is behind designing, manufacturing, packaging, transporting, selling, 
 (???) epairing and disposing of your old and slow device?
 (???) sers are responsible of all of this shit. DEVELOPERS DOUBLY SO! Manufacturers even more!!!
 (???) evelopers are responsible of every anti-feature that affect devices: reinventing the wheel, 
 (???) loating, (mis)use of proprietary parts, unneeded features, shitty user interface redesign and 
 (SND) o on... Getting rid of this shit is nothing easy that can be done with a shovel since 
 (???) lectronic devices are made of pollutant chemicals.
 (???) xactly, something like lead, mercury, plastic polymers, solder fluxes, and the like can't be 
 (???) rashed, forgotten and then bought again and again because is going always to end in the very 
 (SND) ame way.
 (???) f course nothing can stop the life cycle of a machine but it's repeating too fast in the last 
 (???) ears and in order to keep this world and this society a bit less shitty it's necessary to 
 (SND) low it down.
 (???) omputers are meant to be modular so develop in a modular way. Don't force people to get 
 (???) verything or nothing. Computers are meant to be users' tools. Not the opposite. There are 
       mportant and basic tasks can be done even without recent and powerful computers so, as long 
 (???) here is no a real reason to update shit keep supporting old devices. That's another reason we 
 (GIF) ot international standards.
 (???) olene wrote: "I would like to see my hobby affordable for anyone."
 (IMG) 'd rather say: "I want to see the noble computer science be a mean to grow anyone's 
 (???) ife with new opportunities not just a mean to fill landfills and corporations' bank accounts."
 (???) ever stop looking around you. The most dangerous ones are those who never question themselves.
 (???) nd I will never throw my old equipment in the trash because of them.