Comment by graypegg

> They have so much power to improve and fight against the dystopian world that is being created by all these evil corporations, if they just realized what we actually need to build.

That is a tad dramatic. You could also say the same thing about any art form.

- Painters spend all of their time working on artwork only a few people will ever see!

- Musicians don't realize how their time is wasted composing music that won't solve any problems!

- People are starving right now, as another writer dares to write a story that simply tries to entertain the reader.

Everything is political, and we all should keep that in mind. We all have effects on society no matter what. But also, it's fine to make a cromulent thing because it's interesting. We've all only got so much time alive, but you're going to squander the experience if you try to min-max impact on those 90-odd years. People do have to live for themselves sometimes, and this person likes making a neat homebrew OS.