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Strypey"I will be in Auckland, NZ, on May 2. That bookstore has yet to confirm, but it's looking very solid, so mark your calendar. And I will be in Wellington, NZ, on May 3, at Unity Books."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a> podcast, 24 March 2025<a href="https://craphound.com/novels/redteamblues/2025/03/23/there-were-always-enshittifiers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://craphound.com/novels/redteamblues/2025/03/23/there-were-always-enshittifiers/</a>Haere mai <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a>! I'm pretty sure I can make it to one of those, depending on my own travel schedule. FYI I've been unable to find anything on the web about these events (with Mojeek, Brave, DDG or StartPage). Any links I can share?<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcasts</a>

Strypey"Art, in other words, is an act of communication – and there you have the problem with AI art. As a writer ... I make tens – if not hundreds – of thousands of tiny decisions that are in service to this business of causing my big, irreducible, numinous feeling to materialize in your mind. Most of those decisions aren't even conscious, but they are definitely decisions, and I don't make them solely on the basis of probabilistic autocomplete."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a>, 2025<a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/25/communicative-intent/#diluted" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/25/communicative-intent/#diluted</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a>

DrALJONESInterview: "Fire the unelected social media dictators: Cory Doctorow on tech and US politics""Elon Musk’s rise to power in the United States is emblematic of the expanding power of Big Tech".<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/program/upfront/2025/3/28/fire-the-unelected-social-media-dictators-doctorow-on-tech-and-us-politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aljazeera.com/program/upfront/2025/3/28/fire-the-unelected-social-media-dictators-doctorow-on-tech-and-us-politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> .

Six Grandfathers Mountain<a href="https://mastodon.online/@ePD5qRxX" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ePD5qRxX</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/@zenfin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@zenfin</a> RE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fulltextsearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fulltextsearch</a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/@rolle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rolle</a> Thx, good tip, ⭕from:me wordSpeaking of searching.... and not being allowed, aka <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Suspended" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Suspended</a> "It's why <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> periodically freaks out and suspends users who list their Mastodon userids in their Twitter bios"<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/15/elon-musk-suspends-mastodon-twitter-account-over-elonjet-tracking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/15/elon-musk-suspends-mastodon-twitter-account-over-elonjet-tracking/</a>"And it's why <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> will suspend your account if you link to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pixelfed</a>, a Fediverse-based alternative to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Instagram</a>"<a href="https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pluralistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pluralistic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/contesting-popularity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/contesting-popularity/</a>

Orion Ussner kidderThe fact these private companies are monopolies is part of the problem, too. Public services often look like monopolies—roads, libraries, bus systems—but we have *some* ability to influence them.Google and Substack are tyrannies, to use <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NoamChomsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoamChomsky</a> ’s term, and as <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a> points out, all the disciplinary forces on private companies have been weakened or stripped away: eg, unions and antitrust.

AKYou can’t save an institution by betraying its mission (19 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow<a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/19/selling-out/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/19/selling-out/</a> ———“… public institutions aren't businesses, and they don't exist to make profits. They exist to serve the public interest. If your public health system, public education system, public archives, public museum or public parks are making a profit, then something is desperately wrong.“Every public institution eventually faces an existential funding crisis, and when that crisis strikes, the only thing that will save you is public support.”“ [Institutions like Universities of Columbia & Yale] aren't merely ‘complying in advance.’ They are betraying their mission in order to save their bacon”“This is like firefighters doing a bit of arson on the side to make ends meet, and thinking that the townsfolk will continue to vote to maintain their budget.”<a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ColumbiaU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColumbiaU</a>

Tony WellsEnjoying The Bezzle by <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a> in the reading room of Manchester Central Library today. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manchester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manchester</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a>

Jukka Niiranen"The hype around AI serves an important material need for tech companies. By lumping an incoherent set of poorly understood technologies together into a hot buzzword, tech companies can bamboozle investors into thinking that there's plenty of growth in their future."<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/corydoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corydoctorow</a> on why Big Tech needs to embrace AI as a growth story or face the wrath of investors that would otherwise liquidate their stock.<a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/</a>

Alexander Goeres 𒀯well, this nails it, .... :-) <blockquote>The fact that CEOs overestimate the size of this market is easy to understand, since "CEO" is the most laptop job of all laptop jobs. Having a chatbot summarize the boss's email is the 2025 equivalent of the 2000s gag about the boss whose secretary printed out the boss's email and put it in his in-tray so he could go over it with a red pen and then dictate his reply.</blockquote> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=computer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">computer</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=internet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">internet</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CoryDoctorow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CoryDoctorow</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=ai" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ai</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=ki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ki</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cory Doctorow</a> schrieb den folgenden <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114182210518403480" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beitrag</a> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:17:44 +0100 Today's threads (a thread) Inside: AI can't do your job; and more! Archived at: <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/asbestos-in-the-walls/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/asbestos-in-the-walls/</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Pluralistic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pluralistic</a> 1/

Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3Sunday Morning ReadingThe rapid decay of all things continues. I’m not even sure if “decay” is the right word. “Collapse” might be a better choice. Regardless, there’s no “decay” or “collapse” in my sharing articles and writing every week in Sunday Morning Reading. Enjoy.Russell Shorto tells us that the fracture we’re facing shouldn’t surprise in <a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/03/15/americas-fatal-division-is-nothing-new-it-was-baked-in-from-the-beginning/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">America’s Fatal Division Is Nothing New: It Was Baked In From The Beginning</a>. He’s right and that’s also nothing new. We just have a propensity for ignoring what we shouldn’t. Marc Elias says <a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-cant-give-in-to-fear/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We Can’t Give In To Fear.</a> He’s right. But with those we mistakenly counted on having already done so, it makes it tougher for the rest of us. Brian Barrett of Wired (which continues to do excellent reporting) gives us a rundown on <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-congress-takeover/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The United States of Elon Musk. </a>Good piece with good context. I don’t disagree with his premise that it’s unsustainable. The larger concern is what’s left in its wake.NatashaMH opens up a personal tale of exploring justice, relationships, and personal power in <a href="https://medium.com/ellemeno/the-price-of-guns-and-butter-4eb568893207" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Price of Guns And Butter. </a>Things aren’t just decaying on political and social fronts, technology is marching right alongside, if not leading the charge. John Gruber lays out a mea culpa of sorts in discussing Apple’s less than intelligent move into Artificial Intelligence in <a href="https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Something Is Rotten In The State of Cupertino.</a> I’ll have more to say on this later this week. I wrote a bit about it <a href="https://warnercrocker.com/2025/03/10/apple-intelligently-delays-new-siri/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">last week </a>also.Will Knight, (again in Wired) tells us that <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ai-safety-institute-new-directive-america-first/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told To Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models. </a>Tell me. Who didn’t see this kind of thing happening?Cory Doctorow in Pluralistic lays out how <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/#telescreen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon Annihilates Alexa Privacy Settings, Turns On Continuous Nonconsensual Audio Uploading</a>. One way user agreements flow only one way. Again, who didn’t see this coming?In times of uncertain futures it’s always somewhat uncomfortably comforting to reminisce about simpler times. When it comes to technology there was perhaps no simpler or more innocent time than during the age of the Commodore 64, which was my first home computer. We’ve come a long way. Gareth Edwards takes a look at Jack Tramiel’s success in <a href="https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-first-king-of-home-computing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Commodore Invented The Mass Market Computer. </a>(Image from <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/ashni" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ashni on Unsplash</a>)If you’re interested in just what the heck Sunday Morning Reading is all about you can read more about the origins of Sunday Morning Reading <a href="https://warnercrocker.com/2023/05/14/sunday-morning-reading/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.  You can also find more of my writings on Medium at <a href="https://medium.com/@WarnerCrocker" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this link</a>, including in the publications <a href="https://medium.com/ellemeno" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ellemeno</a> and <a href="https://medium.com/rome-magazine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rome.</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/amazon/" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/apple/" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/apple-intelligence/" target="_blank">#AppleIntelligence</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/" target="_blank">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/commodore-64/" target="_blank">#Commodore64</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/cory-doctorow/" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/elon-musk/" target="_blank">#elonMusk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/history/" target="_blank">#History</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/jack-tramiel/" target="_blank">#JackTramiel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/john-gruber/" target="_blank">#JohnGruber</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/marc-elias/" target="_blank">#MarcElias</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/philosophy/" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/poetry/" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/politics/" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/religion/" target="_blank">#religion</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/sundaymorningreading/" target="_blank">#SundayMorningReading</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/tech/" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/wired/" target="_blank">#Wired</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://warnercrocker.com/tag/writing/" target="_blank">#Writing</a>

Sean Lynch<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshitification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlueSky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> Why Corry Doctorow isn't going to be on Bluesky, at least until it truly federates:<a href="https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2024-11-02-ulysses-pact-tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast-b2f89bb5b4d8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2024-11-02-ulysses-pact-tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast-b2f89bb5b4d8</a>

datum (n=1)And no, it doesn't make me happy that <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic</a> gave the warningknowing, as a society, hasn't stopped this from happeninghasn't made us, the collective us, reject assaults on reality<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/AIIsGoingGreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIIsGoingGreat</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/spreadsheets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spreadsheets</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/AIturds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIturds</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EpistemologicalCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EpistemologicalCollapse</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EpistemologicCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EpistemologicCollapse</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Enturdification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enturdification</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Doctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doctorow</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a>

Kyle Memoir 🍉Any act of repair a gratifying gesture of refusal and subversion these days. A poke in the eye to corporate waste and consumer lassitude.Feeling like renegade heating engineer Harry Tuttle (Robert De Niro) of ‘Brazil’ right now, having decided: eff no, not into landfill—not yet.And how fitting: while finishing up, <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a> heard on CBC radio discussing DCA & right-to-repair.details in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alttext</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stratford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stratford</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#repair</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/corydoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corydoctorow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a>

Strypey"Make it legal for Canadian mechanics to jailbreak your Tesla, and unlock every subscription feature - like the autopilot or the full use of your battery ...Your performative appalledness does not cost Elon Musk a dime, he loves the attention! But if you strike at the rent-extracting, insanely high-margin, aftermarket subscriptions that he relies on for thar swasti-car business? You're going to kick that guy right in the dongle."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a>, 2025<a href="https://craphound.com/news/2025/02/26/with-great-power-came-no-responsibility-how-enshittification-conquered-the-21st-century-and-how-we-can-overthrow-it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://craphound.com/news/2025/02/26/with-great-power-came-no-responsibility-how-enshittification-conquered-the-21st-century-and-how-we-can-overthrow-it/</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tesla</a>

StrypeyCory Doctorow is speaking today/ tomorrow (depending on your timezone) at the Fediverse House event at SXSW;<a href="https://wedistribute.org/event/fediverse-house-sxsw/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wedistribute.org/event/fediverse-house-sxsw/</a>Anyone know if this or any of the FH sessions can be watched remotely?<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a>

Strypey"The fact that Congress hasn't updated [US]Americans' privacy protection since Die Hard was in theatres is not a coincidence, or an oversight. It is expensively purchased inaction, from a heavily concentrated - and thus wildly profitable - privacy invasion industry, that has monetised the abuse of human rights at unimaginable scale."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a>, 2025<a href="https://craphound.com/news/2025/02/26/with-great-power-came-no-responsibility-how-enshittification-conquered-the-21st-century-and-how-we-can-overthrow-it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://craphound.com/news/2025/02/26/with-great-power-came-no-responsibility-how-enshittification-conquered-the-21st-century-and-how-we-can-overthrow-it/</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a>

StrypeyAs he put it in a more recent essay, The battle for Ring Zero;"There is a vast, important difference between a computer that's not capable of running unauthorized programs and a computer that refuses to run unauthorized programs. The former is an appliance, while the latter is a device that treats its owner and users as potential attackers whose orders can be countermanded by the device's manufacturer."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a>, 2022<a href="https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/30/ring-minus-one/#drm-political-economy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/30/ring-minus-one/#drm-political-economy</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DRM</a>

narF 😵✌️If we want to stop the enshittification of our social medias, search engines and apps, we need to understand the 4 laws that allow <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> to do it. And then revert them! 🔥And now that the US wants to impose tariffs, now is the time to strike them where it'll hurt: right in their money bag!<a href="https://vimeo.com/event/4945872" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/event/4945872</a>The talk starts at 19m17s<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/coryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coryDoctorow</a>

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