Software Freedom and Cyberpunk: Why Freedom Still Matters

5 ricecat 3 7/16/2025, 8:25:58 AM
We often talk about cyberpunk as if it’s a future that hasn’t arrived yet — dystopian cities drenched in neon, rogue hackers, mega-corporations, and synthetic realities. But if you look closely, we’re already living in it. The surveillance is real. The monopolies are real. The technological dependency is total. And in this environment, software freedom is not just an ideal — it’s one of the few lines of defense left for individuals.

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Comments (3)

olemindgv · 3m ago
Free software movements are dancing too close to the corporate, stripping away freedom spirits of developers'
sim7c00 · 11h ago
we need more neon tho. its very plain and ugly dystopia like this :(((
ricecat · 11h ago
Welcome to the earth!