Lots of people are talking about "digital sovereignty".

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

Lots of people are talking about "digital sovereignty".

I've seen (much) less about how they plan to sustain it, including funding it.

Any good reading recommendations on this would be welcome, please.

[buster@woof.group]

@neil occupy an oil platform and declare oneself king?

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@Buster Sealand will be mine!

[rosannasibora@fosstodon.org]

@neil very good point!

Are you familiar with the overview initiated by @mechko? https://codeberg.org/mechko/awesome-maintainer-funding

[redpenguin@mastodon.social]

@neil the decision makers involved in this stuff tend to lack an appreciation of why it's so important and why having a long termist approach to digital systems is key. They work on tenure based thinking which usually limits programmes to 3-7 year durations - shiny off the shelf stuff always wins.

[ricardo@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@neil Consider https://www.sovereign.tech/

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@RosannaSibora @mechko I had not seen this - thank you!

[avuko@infosec.exchange]

@neil

https://minvws.github.io/beleidsontwikkeling/

First that came to mind, most in Dutch. It’s about Open Source, where #DigitalAutonomy can also be done (imho, only up to a certain degree) through proprietary software.

My current take is that most of the investments, short and long term, should go towards companies and organisations that use, support and fully comply with open standards, from blobs to APIs.

This breaks vendor lock-in/dependency, promotes a healthy ecosystem, and creates the freedom on the buyer/investor side to say “no” at any time and move away.

TL;DR: Digital Autonomy through investing in Open Standards.