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Eine ausgezeichnete, aber beunruhigende Analyse der Open Source Community.
#OpenSourceAI #AIGovernance #OpenWashing
Por definición, Acceso Abierto significa gratuito sin barreras económicas. Esto se llama #openwashing https://t.co/qwc2JuH5SC
G is not listening. They take all the chips off the table
#OpenWashing #Monopoly #Android
https://t.co/5UUYMJt1LD
Tech firms urge Google to abandon developer registration for apps distributed outside the Play Store
https://t.co/2JAA4n89Tv
neue Folge im #Podcast "The Future is Open Science": "Open Washing: Randphänomen oder gängige Praxis?" https://t.co/yZH67Bd57z
#OpenWashing #OpenScience
openness language helped build trust and accelerate adoption.
That is where #openwashing enters.
When “open” terminology is used to legitimize scale while the structural tradeoff is left unspoken, openness becomes a narrative device rather than a constraint.
With UPI, scale and operational control were achieved.
The system functioned.
But competitive neutrality did not fully persist.
The #DPITrilemma does not disappear because we call the system open.
If neutrality weakens after scale, describing the system as open without qualification masks the tradeoff.
That is adoption-driven openwashing.
There is another layer here.
During the UPI rollout, the language of “open,” “community,” and public good helped accelerate policy acceptance and ecosystem buy-in.
But when #openwashing vocabulary is used to build legitimacy while core control remains centralized, that becomes adoption-driven openwashing.
The ecosystem believes it is joining a public good.
In reality, it is integrating into a governed club good.
Mozilla once demanded rigor when governments used the word #open loosely.
It earned its seat at the standards table by building real technical leverage.
In the AI debate, it now feels like a ghost occupying that seat.
Relevance comes from raising the bar, not lowering it.
https://t.co/yTUq24jJ74
@mozilla @MozillaAI @Raffi
“Washing” is not new.
It’s a pattern.
#Greenwashing masked expansion with environmental language.
#Openwashing closed systems as openness.
“Decentralized ID” kept governance centralized.
Now it is #climatewashing
When urgency accelerates convergence , identity, credit (OCEN), asset registries(Bhu-Aadhaar) , Finternet rails we get Kitchen Sink Governance.
This is distinct administrative domains collapsed into one tightly coupled stack.
In engineering, tight coupling changes failure behavior.
In governance, it shifts power from institutional mediation to architectural execution.
Embedding enforcement into synchronized infrastructure is a structural transfer of power.
That transfer deserves scrutiny.
When
Fuel Finder guidance: access the latest fuel prices and forecourt data via API or email https://t.co/i68LWLuqbi
Can't tell if this works – I get a 403 error – but just the fact that a GOV·UK One Login is required disqualifies it as #opendata
#fuelprices #govtech #openwashing
Google's latest PR masterpiece—framing itself as the noble alternative to OpenAI's commission-based shopping model—is such weapons-grade bullshit it deserves its own #OpenWashing award. The Information's article parrots Google's claim that "not taking a cut of purchases" somehow makes them the white knight of AI commerce, which is about as credible as Zuckerberg hand-delivering soup because he "cares about talent". https://t.co/IWJKaBkME7
Here's the delicious hypocrisy: while Google sanctimoniously refuses transaction fees, they're simultaneously launching Direct Offers—a pilot program that injects personalized ads directly into Gemini's shopping conversations the moment you show purchase intent. Retailers like Petco and e.l.f. Cosmetics are already testing this "non-ad" ad system that uses AI to determine precisely when you're ready to buy, then slaps a sponsored discount in your face. So Google won't take 2% like OpenAI, but they'll happily auction off your conversion moment to the highest bidder? That's not flipping OpenAI's strategy—that's just being a sneaky asshole about monetization. https://t.co/ZI774Lli0K
The real kicker? Google executives previously swore they'd remain "indifferent on where the shopping journey ends", positioning themselves as the neutral highway, not the destination. Now they're building the entire fucking toll road—Universal Commerce Protocol, Business Agents, direct checkout—while claiming they're not extracting value. This is the same company that denied plans for Gemini ads in 2026, with their VP calling reports "uninformed" and "inaccurate", even as they were literally briefing advertisers on ad placements. The cognitive dissonance is staggering. https://t.co/bUmf8rrper
OpenAI's approach—transparently taking a commission—is at least honest commerce. Google's "no cut" strategy is just a temporary loss leader while they colonize the entire AI shopping infrastructure, harvest transaction data, and rebuild their ad monopoly inside chatbots. They're not flipping OpenAI's strategy; they're just better at #AdTechWolfInSheepsClothing cosplay. When your core business is $200+ billion in ad revenue, pretending you don't want a piece of the $3-5 trillion agentic commerce pie isn't strategy—it's theater for regulators and gullible journalists.
hmmm lol
The state of AOSP
Chinese person said, "Gradually tighten, sit and wait to cancel"
Absolutely spot on.
Google controlling the roadmap version release cycles to fit their own needs and not on the needs of the large global AOSP community
#AOSP #OpenWashing #Google
#MiniMaxM21's promised open weights vanished in 24 hours: benchmarked at 88.6 on #VIBE and outperforming #ClaudeSonnet, now locked behind an API. When #OpenSource becomes #OpenWashing, developer trust evaporates faster than the commit history. https://t.co/9ssZYQPsfG
Despite the title, nothing in the UK Government's regulations for the Fuel Finder scheme requires that the information will be available on #opendata terms. That's up to the aggregator (VE3 Global).
#roadfuel #fuelprices #openwashing
What did I say about the Arduino deal swalllowed up by Qualcomm and Google all these years with these scummy greedy American Big Tech multinationals. I was proven right again
#OpenWashing #Qualcomm #Google
https://t.co/7tj2guh5WL
The Motor Fuel Price (Open Data) Regulations 2025 https://t.co/2zpwJYyphO
Draft regulations for the UK Government's Fuel Finder scheme. Notwithstanding the title, these regs do not mandate sharing of #opendata conformant to the Open Definition.
#govtech #fuelprices #openwashing
Why is OpenAI, which is working for the development of AGI, to benefit all of humanity threatening AI researchers? The same people who are collaborating for a *check notes* safer future? Won't it want guardrails and deeper reviews? #ForTheLoveOfTech #OpenWashing
These behaviours should be known about. As someone who has been involved with small research centres and nonprofits, I would find it very intimidating to be targeted this way by a $300 billion company.
Like Nathan, I like many people at OpenAI, and admire their safety research. There does come a point at which you want to think about how happy you are that your employer does this to colleagues at nonprofits. Remember, they need you - you're the engine behind their products. I hope you're making it clear internally you don't approve of this, even if you can't say so publicly.
Update: turns out that there's one of those pesky non-commercial clauses on this project that, unfortunately, turns this whole project into #openwashing (unless the clause is time-limited or there's a stretch goal to make it properly #copyleft ). #Inkjet (1/3)
Have you seen this? @LuizaJarovsky + opted in always by default enabled :D Now, really how many people will have the literacy skills on LLMs needed to understand what to choose and what it exactly means? #aigovernance #openwashing #privacy #LLMs #Claude
Android Devolution in a decade lol
#Android #RIP #RIPAndroid #Google #Alphabet #Shareholders #GMS #OpenWashing
So this explains why Google didn't release device trees for Pixels with Android 16 release. Android will soon be over by next year 🥀
RIP AOSP
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#AOSP #Pixel #Google #Android #OpenSource #OpenWashing #Y2026
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