It keeps happening
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It keeps happening
Tech company makes an anti-human/pro-capital decision
There's no way for regular humans to push back because the system is undemocratic
You can opt out or work around it, sure
You don't have to go along, sure
The old way still works, sure
But 99% of us don't have the energy to swim upstream
And then negative consequences show up from the tech company decision, but by now, everyone who still does it the old way is a "weirdo" with suspect motives and the tech company wins
@researchfairy Así es, la inteligencia artificial es una herramienta más del sistema, incluso Palantir se encargó de decirnos claramente el objetivo de la tecnología en su manifiesto neo fascista. Conocimiento, libertad y privacidad sin necesidad de pagar por ello... Los derechos que ahora nos toca defender, son en contra la tiranía de las suscripciones, la publicidad y espacios públicos seguros, recuerden, ¡Nos mintieron, ningún mercado se regula sólo!
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@GeoffWozniak Yeah I mean, I got a Raspberry Pi under my desk running Nextcloud that I use for music streaming, filesharing, my calendar, RSS, like 75% of my digital life
It's fantastic and I love it and I can't recommend it to anyone else because step 1 of setting one up is: configure your router to allow incoming https traffic on ports—
@researchfairy @GeoffWozniak Possible business opportunity?
I'm all for disciplining the oligarchs and their goon squads. But competition can exist on many levels, maybe even including their own playing field? Sure it's a tilted field, but it's a flawed system, and it can be hacked.
There are not enough virtuous heroes in the market. The good have ceded the field. Just like in politics. Everyone wants to shout and boo from the sidelines.
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@researchfairy hi, I'm a GenX woman with a Humanities education who uses Windows and Android and then as many free/ethical/open/indie programs as possible. Just for background.
I have been telling techie types that if there is sand in supermarket bread, I don't want to go to a gourmet bakery and I can't learn to make my own bread. I want a law that punishes sand on my bread.
Beautifully put!
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