Every server deployment on Amazon's AWS, Google's GCP and MS Azure feeds the beast.
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I'm not saying "don't buy the US things", rather, don't invest in the enormously powerful planet-engulfing tech corporations that are openly partnering with the current US administration on their hideous projects.
It's here too that without some rigour and vigilance the beast can get fed on the sly. It is great to see folk depopulating BIgTech for small companies providing managed alternatives, a fine start, but don't get cosy until you know who they themselves host with.
Ask them "where will my data be stored?"
Some, many, are hosting on AWS, for instance. So when you move to their shiny new free and open source alternative to toxic tech, you've left the cell but you're still in jail.
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It's here too that without some rigour and vigilance the beast can get fed on the sly. It is great to see folk depopulating BIgTech for small companies providing managed alternatives, a fine start, but don't get cosy until you know who they themselves host with.
Ask them "where will my data be stored?"
Some, many, are hosting on AWS, for instance. So when you move to their shiny new free and open source alternative to toxic tech, you've left the cell but you're still in jail.
Jail as a Service
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@mro Thank you I will watch it in a quiet space tonight
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Every server deployment on Amazon's AWS, Google's GCP and MS Azure feeds the beast.
Not only do they reinforce pathways of centralisation in the topological sense, but they also invest in US supremacy geopolitically. That supremacy now openly includes a theocratic & racist, war-mongering & imperialist movement.
Every server you spin up at home or on a smaller DC, like every abandoned Google, Twitter or FB account, slows the beast down.
The 3D's:
Depopulate. Defund. Disempower.
@JulianOliver also I can tell you - from bitter experience over the past months - that AWS is actually a terrible hosting platform, hard to work with, slow to deploy, and difficult to secure; and I've heard people say that Google Cloud and Azure are even worse. Dunno about the Oracle one, don't know anybody who's used it, but given its provenance I'd be absolutely shocked if it was any better.
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@JulianOliver also I can tell you - from bitter experience over the past months - that AWS is actually a terrible hosting platform, hard to work with, slow to deploy, and difficult to secure; and I've heard people say that Google Cloud and Azure are even worse. Dunno about the Oracle one, don't know anybody who's used it, but given its provenance I'd be absolutely shocked if it was any better.
@JulianOliver meanwhile, the little players who actually have to work to get and retain customers have, from the three I've worked with, been a dream to work with.
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Every server deployment on Amazon's AWS, Google's GCP and MS Azure feeds the beast.
Not only do they reinforce pathways of centralisation in the topological sense, but they also invest in US supremacy geopolitically. That supremacy now openly includes a theocratic & racist, war-mongering & imperialist movement.
Every server you spin up at home or on a smaller DC, like every abandoned Google, Twitter or FB account, slows the beast down.
The 3D's:
Depopulate. Defund. Disempower.
@JulianOliver
That’s funny coming from the biggest US mastodon server. -
@JulianOliver
That’s funny coming from the biggest US mastodon server.@lil5 Running on Hetzner, in Germany. Like the two instances I run.
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Every server deployment on Amazon's AWS, Google's GCP and MS Azure feeds the beast.
Not only do they reinforce pathways of centralisation in the topological sense, but they also invest in US supremacy geopolitically. That supremacy now openly includes a theocratic & racist, war-mongering & imperialist movement.
Every server you spin up at home or on a smaller DC, like every abandoned Google, Twitter or FB account, slows the beast down.
The 3D's:
Depopulate. Defund. Disempower.
@JulianOliver
Absolutely. Every step away from centralized tech ; like using Mastodon, rejecting Amazon, Netflix, PayPal, WhatsApp, and moving to Linux is resistance. it's a brutal monopoly that forces Microsoft and Google on us. But alternatives exist:Linux distros like Tails, Qubes OS, or PureOS offer real privacy.
Browsers like Brave, Firefox, or LibreWolf replace Chrome.You're not alone. Every small act; your choices ; slows the beast. Keep going.
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I'm not saying "don't buy the US things", rather, don't invest in the enormously powerful planet-engulfing tech corporations that are openly partnering with the current US administration on their hideous projects.
Completely agree. It's not about boycotting American products in general, but about rejecting the mega-tech corporations that operate as digital fiefdoms, fuel mass surveillance, manipulate elections, and ally with authoritarian governments. More and more people are joining this movement.
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Every server deployment on Amazon's AWS, Google's GCP and MS Azure feeds the beast.
Not only do they reinforce pathways of centralisation in the topological sense, but they also invest in US supremacy geopolitically. That supremacy now openly includes a theocratic & racist, war-mongering & imperialist movement.
Every server you spin up at home or on a smaller DC, like every abandoned Google, Twitter or FB account, slows the beast down.
The 3D's:
Depopulate. Defund. Disempower.
@JulianOliver You've just inspired me. Up to a moment ago I had a Google site verification record in my DNS. I've just removed it.
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Every server deployment on Amazon's AWS, Google's GCP and MS Azure feeds the beast.
Not only do they reinforce pathways of centralisation in the topological sense, but they also invest in US supremacy geopolitically. That supremacy now openly includes a theocratic & racist, war-mongering & imperialist movement.
Every server you spin up at home or on a smaller DC, like every abandoned Google, Twitter or FB account, slows the beast down.
The 3D's:
Depopulate. Defund. Disempower.
@JulianOliver say this for yeah and all dumb people actyally fight to harden their own jail.
signal for instance even lie by saying it's impossible without them (even tough other do it perfectly well).
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