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@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Outside Drupal, there's a lot more examples, and a lot more economically thrivin
* Wallabag, a pocket-like service * Wallabag, a pocket-like service
* Standard Notes * Standard Notes
* Write.as (formerly Overleaf) * Write.as (formerly Overleaf)
* [Loomio](https://loomio.org )
* WordPress.org * WordPress.org
See more at LibreSaas.org See more at LibreSaas.org
@ -87,15 +88,38 @@ Some, like Slack or most infamously AWS, are making piles of money on a relative
I'm giving this talk because I think part of the reason is lack of awareness as a business model. And therefore, lack of explaining its benefits. I'm giving this talk because I think part of the reason is lack of awareness as a business model. And therefore, lack of explaining its benefits.
# SaaS + Democracy == Platform Cooperative # SaaS + Democracy == Platform Cooperative
A cooperative is a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise formed by people voluntarily uniting to meet their common needs and aspirations. https://agaric.coop/blog/putting-powerful-platforms-under-cooperative-control A cooperative is a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise formed by people voluntarily uniting to meet their common needs and aspirations. https://agaric.coop/blog/putting-powerful-platforms-under-cooperative-control
Localeyz, the closed-source Drupal-as-a-service mentioned earlier, is also cooperative platform.
"If we're not focused on things that build scale, we're not building institutions that change society. And if we're not building institutions that change society, we're not doing what we need to do." "If we're not focused on things that build scale, we're not building institutions that change society. And if we're not building institutions that change society, we're not doing what we need to do."
— David Hammer (ICA) — David Hammer (ICA)
# Redecentralization
I've essentially been talking about centralizing our way to being able to compete with the proprietary platforms.
That hasn't been fashionable in tech circles since... ever. We're supposed to create decentralized protocols
and of course, Mastodon is a pretty big success (find me on social.coop), but despite the relative decentralization, it's a fairly fragile ecosystem.
Cooperative platforms can provide the business model which
# Cooperative Platforms powered by LibreSaaS
* [Social.coop](https://wiki.social.coop/home.html ) and [Sunbeam.City](https://sunbeam.city/about/more )
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# Community
At the end of the decade, it's community that matters. At the end of the decade, it's community that matters.