A new concept akin to “home-cooked” food is getting attention. The software world owns our data by default with few exceptions. A small % of the population makes a living using consumer-facing BigTech tools. Most of us don’t get paid. There are claims to protect privacy. The reality is that our data is strewn across the internet like beer for sale at gas stations.

The AI entrepreneurs will disrupt BigTech by subsuming their data in the same manner, while enriching an even smaller workforce. The race to the bottom seems ensured. Can the clock be rolled back?

Interesting blog post by British AI developer Maggie Appleton (currently @Normally):

https://maggieappleton.com/home-cooked-software

Can local-first software survive given the distrust in how AI is getting rolled out by corporations across borders? Hippies and nationalists might have a shared working space. 😆