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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Feb 2016

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Simone Cicero

      This is the lesson free/open must learn: you cannot compete with people who make cars if you’re building engines.https://twitter.com/meedabyte/status/701716452483670016 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Simone Cicero @meedabyte
      “In the post industrial age you either provide experiences or components.” — @meedabyte https://medium.com/@meedabyte/the-post-industrial-shift-leaves-companies-with-only-two-possible-roles-a074848fbec#---0-72.vyvf0v8c5 … pic.twitter.com/hmI48I92kP
      2 replies 13 retweets 19 likes
    2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Feb 2016
      Replying to @aral

      Concrete example: your favourite Linux distro is an engine, not a car; a component not an experience. A MacBook is a car; an experience.

      8 replies 10 retweets 13 likes
    3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Feb 2016
      Replying to @aral

      To take it further: your favourite Linux distribution is an *excellent* engine but only enthusiasts install their own engines in their cars.

      2 replies 11 retweets 9 likes
    4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Feb 2016
      Replying to @aral

      … Everyone else walks into a dealer and buys a car. Now if that car’s an Apple, they can’t get to the engine even if they wanted to …

      1 reply 4 retweets 5 likes
    5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Feb 2016
      Replying to @aral

      … So our greatest challenge is how to design beautiful, convenient cars for everyone where you *can* get to the engine *if you want to*.

      1 reply 9 retweets 8 likes
    6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Feb 2016
      Replying to @aral

      … In other words (a) we must be design-led and (b) we must design beautiful defaults.

      2 replies 5 retweets 6 likes
    7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Feb 2016
      Replying to @aral

      Today in free & open, we say “everyone should learn how to install an engine & build their own car.” If we can’t change this, we’ve lost.

      3 replies 6 retweets 12 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Feb 2016

      Also see: * Ethical Design: https://ind.ie/ethical-design  * On design: https://ind.ie/ux-talk/  * Decentralise Everything: https://ind.ie/decentralise-everything/ …

      2:47 AM - 22 Feb 2016
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      • Netizen Rights Daniel Schutzsmith Artemis Vincent Toubiana Anno Bec Joakim Rosendahl Rogier Bandit
      4 replies 10 retweets 16 likes
        1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Feb 2016
          Replying to @aral

          For an example of an indie heading in the right direction, see @Pur_ism: by building the whole experience they at least have a chance.

          0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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        2. mikayel ghazaryan‏ @mkdotam 22 Feb 2016
          Replying to @aral

          @aral how do you see transparency of the web service. I mean how do people now, that code in my public repo is the same as on the server?

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Feb 2016
          Replying to @mkdotam

          @mkdotam They don’t. @FredericJacobs has been thinking/working on this a lot, esp. in the context of App Store binaries.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. mikayel ghazaryan‏ @mkdotam 22 Feb 2016
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @FredericJacobs Not they. Me. I mean, I'd like to provide such service, what should I do?

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. Nicolas Coden‏ @ncodn 22 Feb 2016
          Replying to @aral

          @aral Protect others from your own arbitrary interests, allow them to go on without you.

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        3. Nicolas Coden‏ @ncodn 22 Feb 2016
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          @aral Google, Apple and Microsoft have forgotten it.

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. mikayel ghazaryan‏ @mkdotam 22 Feb 2016
          Replying to @aral

          @aral do we need a 3-rd party controllers, who would have read access to the servers? I don't quite understand how to organize that tech-ly

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