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Laid-off engineers launch OccupySaaS open-source protest

Original: OccupySaaS — They laid us off. We're rebuilding their SaaS. "OccupySaaS is a protest movement written in code. Laid-off

A movement called OccupySaaS is taking shape among laid-off software engineers, who describe it as "a protest movement written in code". Participants are building clean-room, open-source, drop-in replacements for the commercial SaaS products their former employers sell, using AI tools and public documentation. The project frames itself as retaliation against layoffs and as a challenge to subscription software business models.

Why now: Tech layoffs have energised engineers to publicly rebuild the products of the companies that dismissed them.

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• OccupySaaS — They laid us off. We're rebuilding their SaaS. "OccupySaaS is a protest movement written in code. Laid-off engineers, armed with AI and public documentation, are building clean-room, open-source, drop-in replacements for the platforms that rent our own industry… · tobru@mstdn.social · 1

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