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Open in Damus

Jeff Swann · 4w

We cannot keep it open & censorship resistent if devs decide the rules in a top down fashion & remove decentralized ways for nodes to set policy. All while openly communicating hostility toward a majo...

Aaron van Wirdum @Aaron van Wirdum 1771341741

Devs can't do that.

They can only release free and open source software that users can then voluntarily decide to run-- or not.

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That would have been true if 90% of the network didn’t run on defaults. Practice wins over theory every time.

Jeff Swann · 3w

But the devs (& people supporting their top down changes) are mad that a significant portion of the network is choosing a competitive client that keeps the user controls... If this is an open network where users get to choose direction, why all the hate?