FUTO Grant Program - https://futo.org/grants FUTO Twitter - https://twitter.com/FUTO_Tech FUTO Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIBNAd4nO5rk6G8YaEudqNw FUTO Odysee - https://odysee.com/@FUTO:e FUTO Minds - https://www.minds.com/futo/ FUTO Rokfin - https://rokfin.com/futo 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - What is FUTO? Issues w/ big tech. 07:34 - FUTO grant's program & open source projects 11:25 - Thoughts on free market & libertarianism. 14:55 - Principles of FUTO 18:54 - Political bias censoring in search 20:46 - Silicon Valley politics 22:41 - Donations as a form of payment 24: 21 - Ads. 24:49 - Digital Bill of Rights? 25:45 - Balancing censorship & free speech? 27:24 - Should coding be taught in schools? 28:03 - The future of quality, usable open source code. 30:55 - Plantation business model 32:04 - Biggest mistake new companies & investors make? 33:03 - Is it possible for a decentralized, transparent project to be profitable? 35:32 - Limits to intellectual property. 39:03 - Rob Braxman, privacy, degoogling phones. 41:04 - How did he earn the money to fund his projects? 45:33 - How do people know that they can trust you? 46:45 - IP discussion 49:08 - Starving artists 49:51 - Nice Amigas 50:21 - Software vendor locks/subscription models 52:20 - Do you love the Raspberry Pi? 53:21 - What can people locked into proprietary software do to support free software? 54:28 - Tabs or spaces? 55:14 - Do you oppose software as a service altogether? i.e. photoshop 56:15 - How did you become aware of this channel/Right to Repair? 57:05 - More on driving hard for privacy-oriented, open source phones and computers. 59:08 - Apple on Right to Repair. 1:00:30 - PinePhone. 1:01:34 - SaaS; cable TV subscription? 1:01:50 - Paying for service is sometimes more annoying than piracy. 1:04:20 - FSFE asking vendors be forced to open source firmware of end of life products 1:05:01 - ​Is it feasible to have algorithms which are transparent on sites like YouTube instead of this black box nobody properly 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 stand for? 1:08:49 - Thoughts on Framework. 1:10:17 - Do you lift bro? 1:11:06 - ​What's one of your own FOSS projects that you’re 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 aiming to give back control of our most personal devices (smartphones) to the owners? 1:13:29 - What type of device would you like to see some company make an open repairable version of that doesn’t? 1:15:18 - Thought about doing minor grants, by posting reviews/lists/videos of software and uses they are good for? 1:16:10 - What would be the ideal grant application to send in? What type of projects would get you the most excited? 1:17:01 - What is your preference for development operating system, IDE/editor and development language, or are you quite dynamic with your choice of tools to use? 1:18:42 - You are OK with crypto, but do not 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 support the battle to prevent meta/google/Nvidia-from having full control of the people who prefer VR to IRL? 1:22:42 - Do you believe governments foreign or domestic are influencing the direction companies are taking? 1:23:41 - What are your motivations for wanting to make the future better through creating open source software, vs buying a yacht? 1:25:16 - Is there any future for modern computers without an 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 prevent Silicon Valley from having so much control? 1:29:18 - What do you think of 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 Free Software Foundation? 1:30:31 - Is Eron paying Blizzard a WoW subscription, or using private Ascension servers? 1:32:07 - How monolithic is the culture in Silicon Valley? 1:33:13 - Thoughts on EFF. ​1:34:47 - Future of privacy, w/ asymmetric encryption likely to be broken soon with quantum computing? Govt could easily log every encrypted email not and decrypt in 5 years. 1:35:39 - Is TikTok a national security concern, & should it be banned? 1:37:23 - How much financial success is determined by making the right choices, luck, or the family you are born into? 1:38:31 - Would you make a fundraiser site that is nonpartisan? Should crowdfunding platforms should be partisan? 1:39:35 - Why shouldn’t we trust you? 1:39:58 - The homeless issue in California. 1:41:12 - Outro!