Notices by Patrick Leavy (patrickleavy@mastodon.social)

Holy crap Cory @pluralistic you should run #DOGE instead of nazi-boy 😂

https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/27/beltway-bandits/

This is one HELL of a summary ☝️

But why aren't there people in authority doing this kind of savings overview already?!
Corruption?

It's unclear if Larry Ellison is stating his own opinion here or summarising the main plot points of Dave Eggers' book The Every 😂😬😳

https://archive.is/2025.01.24-150507/https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-keep-citizens-on-their-best-behavior-2024-9

As @pluralistic recently wrote, these billionaires mistake these dystopian novels for business plans 🤦

Great article from @pluralistic explaining why he backs the #FreeOurFeeds campaign.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/23/defense-in-depth/

It makes more sense now, but can someone please explain to me why is costs SO much money to stand up another #Bluesky relay?

@element is the pro version still open source, just with a price tag?

That's fine IMO. I think open source should be paid for by those that can, if the product is good. This is the approach @futo are taking and I see nothing wrong with it. Open to contrary opinions though, as I'm relatively new to the open source world.

My angle is that I want to see money diverted away from #bigtech and towards privacy-respecting open source products we can trust.

#privacy ✅
#surveillancecapitalism 🚫

@eff
Step 1: delete your #facebook account
Step 2: delete your #instagram account
Step 3: don't bother with #Threads
Step 4: relax and move on with your life, enjoying the massive reduction in #creepy
😁

@aral no one likes a bully, especially the Irish, so they're just speaking out against one.

Hopefully they'll speak out against #bigtech bullies that they allowed in to their country.

@pluralistic @blaine @fediversereport fucking hell WHAT a wanker!!

I loved that documentary Terms and Conditions May Apply where they show up at his house and he's like <whiney voice> "can you stop recording please?"

@blaine @fediversereport @pluralistic they just want access to more behavioural data to feed their insatiable, #privacy destroying, #surveillanceBusinessModel

Someone should track Mark Zuckerberg in real life, 24/7, and see how HE likes it.

@eff good article.

But what about the apps that #Google pre-installs on Android? We can't uninstall them, and you can't even sign out of the rest if you just need one of them (if you sign out of the YouTube app it signs you out of ALL Google services).

My views have hardened after researching #surveillancecapitalism and I now consider all of Google's apps to be #adware / #spyware.

Is there anything that can be done about this?

@dansup @hongminhee @peertube I think projects like PeerTube are the future, but how exactly are they hoping to grow?

Is there a way to pay content creators directly there?

@eff great article - thank you! I think this ban should also include a ban on companies keeping persistent #profiles on us.

It's not enough for us to have the right to request the deletion of the profile, it should be illegal to build and keep that #behaviouralprofile in the first place.

What do you reckon?

#surveillancecapitalism #tracking

@pluralistic I would just like to say thank you for your long form writing - it is excellent!

I've taken your advice and follow it via an RSS reader. That's great, but it also means you don't know I'm reading your work.

So I'm publicly thanking you here 🙏

#CoryDoctorow, you da man 👊

Here's a good example:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/15/radical-extremists/

(About the terrible #DMCA 1201 copyright law)

@br00t4c Trump is a red herring. It's #bigtech who are pulling the strings in the background.

@aral small tech could be funded out of these billions being reclaimed from #bigtech

Hate bullies? You'll love this story - #Apple just got kicked in the balls AGAIN for #antitrust violations.

The #DMA is badass. Serving up #bigtech before they can enact their endgame.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-set-face-fine-under-eus-landmark-digital-markets-act-sources-say-2024-11-05/

@aral the internet needs a new business model.

#surveillancecapitalism is toxic.

Any ideas what a better replacement could look like?

@aral I saw what you're doing with the Small Tech Foundation and it looks promising.

The idea of #web0 is interesting - does #Nostr play nice with that concept? Or is the #bitcoin association too strong?

@pluralistic EXCELLENT article!

Have you had a look at #Nostr too? It can be bridged with #ActivityPub and it appears to be totally resistant to #enshittification by design.

A little bitcoin-bro heavy in these early days, but it can outgrow that I think.

@Gargron more precisely "to deliver and then enshittify"

Since it's #musiciansday here's a side project: an acoustic version of Billy Idol's Rebel Yell.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UjbgrYCs_qk3KPxOHu4SwgZZe0EnQvXh/view?usp=drivesdk

I wanted to see if an upbeat rock song would sound good as a slow, more emotional acoustic song. What do you think?

#billyidol #rebelyell #acousticcover #acousticguitar #rockmusic #sideproject