As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

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      9 hours ago

      Never too late. the idea that it’s past time only benefits the big tech

      We can stop using their services, move to open source, stay with older hardware (so that they don’t get money from us) and promote the few open hardware projects

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      10 hours ago

      Exactly what I was thinking. If I were to be angry enough about this when it actually mattered and I could have steered the boat, I was way too young too even see that it was happening.

      Not to say I don’t actively pursue and promote OSS all the time, but I feel like the impact is so much more minimal than it could have been.