Ok so lets track<p>- Twitter kneecapping 3PAs with it's API changes<p>- Reddit doing the same<p>- Meta sending Cease & Desists to Whatsapp API alt OSS devs<p>- Youtube sending legal threats to Invidious OSS devs<p>Last two succeed because (shocker!) OSS devs don't have the resources to fight legal battles against $700bn megacorps.<p>Every age was defined by the rights we gained. Enlightenment, Suffrage, Post-World War, etc. all lead to new human rights. On the precipice of a digital age we need to start thinking about new human rights.<p>We all know the right to privacy (lol), I propose a few more:<p>- Right to Automate/Interoperability; A service must provide a programmatic interface with feature parity, or must allow users to create the tools to automate without any prior consent of the service.<p>- Right to 3PA; Users have the right to use and develop 3rd party apps without the consent of the service.<p>- Right of OSS dev defense; megacorps have to pay for the defense of the individual they are actively bullying.<p>These three will force services to either create a fully featured and open API or leave developers to create the tools to enable others to develop and use 3rd party applications or automation.<p>Without these three basic rights, we cannot realize the AI vision of a personal Jarvis for everyone.<p>Maybe we should also be thinking about a developer union that protects independant devs & advocates for coders rights. Also, maybe some sort of organization that acts as the digital-equivalent of the "public domain", which has ROFR for acquiring services which have become monopolies in their respective sectors (e.g Reddit, Whatsapp, Youtube, Twitter, etc.)<p>It's time to build..... the foundation for a digital utopia.