I'm a luddite so this sounds great to me, but people need to know more about the alternatives. I love 'the commons' idea.

But for everyday users there are already alternatives to major social media platforms or common word-processing software, he says, noting, however, that it can be hard to convince users to switch to something they're unfamiliar with.

And Ambrose agrees. Moving away from "big tech" introduces friction into daily life, he says, and only makes sense when it's being done for principled reasons.

Good to see the movement is starting to make some waves in Australia. This is probably the first ABC I've read that mentions Solarpunk

Cool. It's a shame the article doesn't actually explain what the device will actually do :(

Nice sounding group. Values and aims seem decent. I hope this spreads

I regret not staying better in tune with technology as it progressed. Things have changed a bit since you dialed a phone number to log in to someone's BBS 🥲

Very cool that people are continuing to DIY and spreading the word.