Discussion
It seems to me that the last several years have demonstrated the shortcomings of FOSS as a set of organizing principles for computing, so I've developed a set of principles meant, not as a replacement, but as a corrective, and written them out as a sort of manifesto. Check it out here: https://destructured.net/casa
Feedback welcome. Much thanks to @zoy and @alderwick and @neauoire for theirs.
I've been on the fediverse for close to ten years now, and my time here is a big influence on CASA. That's maybe clearest in the emphasis on agency, which grew out of long-standing discussions about consent.
Another influence is enshittification and the broader discourse about the increasing hostility of software design — including, of course, watching software I use and like get worse.
And, of course, there's the influence of AI — and not just AI, but the FOSS scene's mixed response to it.
I'm publishing now because each day seems to bring a new set of events that demonstrate the urgency of adopting a new approach, but I still see the CASA document as a work in progress. Or maybe "living document" is a more apt description. Either way, I'll try to be diligent about logging any changes so that the process is transparent.