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| <br>In the sleek corridors of Silicon Valley, where corporate titans have relentlessly consolidated power over the digital landscape, a contrarian philosophy deliberately emerged in 2021. [FUTO.org](https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software) stands as a monument to what the internet once promised – free, unconstrained, and decidedly in the possession of people, not monopolies.<br> | |||||
| <br>The creator, Eron Wolf, operates with the measured confidence of someone who has witnessed the transformation of the internet from its promising beginnings to its current monopolized condition. His experience – an 18-year Silicon Valley veteran, founder of Yahoo Games, seed investor in WhatsApp – provides him a exceptional vantage point. In his carefully pressed button-down shirt, with a gaze that reflect both weariness with the status quo and resolve to change it, Wolf resembles more philosopher-king than conventional CEO.<br> | |||||
| <br>The headquarters of FUTO in Austin, [FUTO.org](https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software) Texas rejects the ostentatious trappings of typical tech companies. No nap pods detract from the objective. Instead, engineers bend over workstations, building code that will empower users to recover what has been lost – control over their digital lives.<br> | |||||
| <br>In one corner of the building, a separate kind of operation transpires. The FUTO Repair Workshop, a brainchild of Louis Rossmann, celebrated right-to-repair advocate, functions with the exactitude of a Swiss watch. Regular people stream in with damaged devices, greeted not with corporate sterility but with genuine interest.<br>[changelog.com](https://changelog.com/podcast/455) | |||||
| <br>"We don't just repair things here," Rossmann states, focusing a microscope over a circuit board with the delicate precision of a artist. "We show people how to grasp the technology they use. Understanding is the first step toward independence."<br> | |||||
| <br>This perspective saturates every aspect of FUTO's activities. Their financial support system, which has provided substantial funds to projects like Signal, Tor, GrapheneOS, and the Calyx Institute, reflects a devotion to fostering a varied landscape of independent technologies.<br> | |||||
| <br>Walking through the open workspace, one notices the absence of corporate logos. The surfaces instead display framed quotes from technological visionaries like Ted Nelson – individuals who envisioned computing as a freeing power.<br>[xs4all.nl](https://erikgrnh.home.xs4all.nl/riscos/rcsinfo/commands.html) | |||||
| <br>"We're not focused on building another tech empire," Wolf comments, leaning against a basic desk that could belong to any of his developers. "We're interested in fragmenting the current monopolies."<br> | |||||
| <br>The irony is not overlooked on him – a successful Silicon Valley businessman using his resources to challenge the very structures that allowed his success. But in Wolf's worldview, computing was never meant to consolidate authority | |||||