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We own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less human (www.windowscentral.com)
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The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.

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[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 16 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Self hosting doesn’t make you immune, though. See how Plex evolved, for example. Self hosting plus free software that isn’t abandoned or compromised is the way, but idealistic developers need to take bread to the table too.

So the way maybe is self-hosted + libre software + a non-profit supporting the project. And that can too be corrupted, for example, the Mozilla Foundation and Google’s influence.

Always be ready to migrate.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Always be ready to migrate.

or be ready to contribute to the project you use, so they don't have to sell out to google.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago

or be ready to contribute to the project you use, so they don’t have to sell out to google.

that may happen despite your contributing or not

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

This is why permissive licensing isn't good enough; copyleft is essential. (And not just GPLv2 copyleft, but copyleft with anti-tivoization and cloud loophole protection as well, such as AGPLv3.) Every part of the system -- the tech itself, the management, and the legal/business structure -- has to be designed to resist being subverted against the user.