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Hey @Mitch, hey Derek @WaywardWoodworker, hey Darren @CSM, hey all,

(slightly OT :slight_smile:) sometimes I hear people say, so what,

FB is free to join for all.

sure. It is free for all

  • to _join_.
    • by anyone
      • who enters
        • into a legally binding contract
          • that is described in the General Terms and Conditions.

It’s just that, what matters, is not this “freedom”. Of course you are free to enter into contracts and get services in return for what the contract obliges you to. What matters here in my opinion is that there exists a technology that we all are free to use. The ability to use a technology for which you have no contract to enter into, no consideration to pay, no obligation to make, no royalties to pay, no terms and conditions to agree in order to be able to join. Nothing, just free to use. Not “free” as in free beer, but free as in free speech.

I always wonder why when people want to show a picture or a video to the world, or a meaning, an opinion, or a page, why do they think they need a social media like yout*be, inst*gram, f*cebook, etc., or a cloud-storage service like on*drive, go*gledrive, am*zon drive. As far as I know, still today everyone who has internet access from an ISP, e.g. in form of a DSL, also has own web space, which means a little space that is 1:1 directly a part of the World Wide Web and where they are free to show whatever they like to the world. And it’s not that you forcibly need to know how to use a FTP client. Usually ISPs offer an upload function in their online control center page.

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