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FUTO Minds – https://www.minds.com/futo/
FUTO Rokfin – https://rokfin.com/futo

00:00 – Introduction
00:42 – What is FUTO? Big tech issues.
07:34 – FUTO grant program and open source projects
11:25 a.m. – Thoughts on the free market and libertarianism.
2:55 p.m. – FUTO Principles
6:54 p.m. – Censorship of political bias in research
8:46 p.m. – The politics of Silicon Valley
10:41 p.m. – Donations as a means of payment
24:21 – Announcements.
24:49 – Digital Bill of Rights?
25:45 – Balancing censorship and freedom of expression?
27:24 – Should coding be taught in schools?
28:03 – The future of quality, usable open source code.
30h55 – Economic model of plantations
32:04 – Biggest mistake new businesses and investors make?
33:03 – Is it possible for a decentralized and transparent project to be profitable?
35:32 – Limits to intellectual property.
39:03 – Rob Braxman, privacy, ungoogle phones.
41:04 – How did he earn the money to finance his projects?
45:33 – How do people know they can trust you?
46h45 – Discussion on intellectual property
49:08 – Starving artists
49:51 – Beautiful Amiga
50:21 – Software vendor lock-ins/subscription models
52:20 – Do you like the Raspberry Pi?
53:21 – What can people locked into proprietary software do to support free software?
54:28 – Tabs or spaces?
55:14 – Are you totally against software as a service? i.e. Photoshop
56:15 – How did you learn about this channel/Right to repair?
57:05 – Learn about driving intensive for open source privacy-focused phones and computers.
59:08 – Apple on the right to repair.
13:00:30 – PinePhone.
1:01:34 -SaaS; cable TV subscription?
1:01:50 – Paying for a service is sometimes more annoying than piracy.
1:04:20 – FSFE calls on suppliers to be required to open source firmware for end-of-life products
1:05:01 – ​Is it possible to have transparent algorithms on sites like YouTube instead of this black box that no one really understands?
1:07:22 – But if YouTube's algorithm was well known, everyone would exploit it.
1:08:08 – When was the last time you used a soldering iron?
1:08:30 – What does FUTO mean?
1:08:49 – Thoughts on the framework.
1:10:17 – Are you lifting my brother?
1:11:06 – ​What is one of your own FOSS projects that you are particularly proud to have contributed code to?
1:12:28 ​-Is the grant program open internationally?
1:12:54 – Would Eron be interested in funding a FOSS project aimed at returning control of our most personal devices (smartphones) to owners?
1:13:29 – What type of device would you like to see a company create an open, repairable version of that isn't?
1:15:18 – Have you considered doing some minor grants, posting reviews/lists/videos of software and uses for which it is useful?
1:16:10 – What would be the ideal grant application to send? What type of projects would you be most passionate about?
1:17:01 – What is your preference for development OS, IDE/editor and development language, or are you quite dynamic in your choice of tools to use?
1:18:42 – You agree with cryptocurrency, but you don't want a project to be specifically tailored to a specific cryptocurrency.
1:20:38 – How long do you think copyright should last, if at all?
1:21:33 – Would you like to support the battle to stop Meta/Google/Nvidia from having complete control over people who prefer VR to IRL?
1:22:42 – Do you think foreign or domestic governments influence the direction companies take?
1:23:41 – What are your motivations for wanting to make the future better by creating open source software, rather than buying a yacht?
1:25:16 – Is there a future for modern computers without IME?
1:26:49 – Do you ever feel like you're fighting a lost cause?
1:28:12 – What can the general public do to stop Silicon Valley from having so much control?
1:29:18 – What do you think about having Microsoft as the root of trust for all SecureBoot and UEFI shims? Could a more open system be run by, say, the Electronic Frontier Foundation or the Free Software Foundation?
1:30:31 – Is Eron paying Blizzard for a WoW subscription or using private Ascension servers?
1:32:07 – How monolithic is Silicon Valley culture?
1:33:13 – Thoughts on EFF.
​1:34:47 – The future of privacy, with asymmetric encryption likely to soon be broken with quantum computing? The government could easily record every encrypted email and decrypt it in 5 years.
1:35:39 – Is TikTok a national security issue and should it be banned?
1:37:23 – To what extent is financial success determined by good choices, luck or the family you were born into?
1:38:31 – Would you like to create a non-partisan fundraising site? Should crowdfunding platforms be partisan?
1:39:35 – Why shouldn't we trust you?
1:39:58 – The homeless problem in California.
1:41:12 – Out!

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