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A news article about Merri-bek Tech, a North-Melbourne community-hosting initiative, and discussing other digital sovereignty efforts including EU initiatives.

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm a luddite so this sounds great to me, but people need to know more about the alternatives. I love 'the commons' idea.

But for everyday users there are already alternatives to major social media platforms or common word-processing software, he says, noting, however, that it can be hard to convince users to switch to something they're unfamiliar with.

And Ambrose agrees. Moving away from "big tech" introduces friction into daily life, he says, and only makes sense when it's being done for principled reasons.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm a luddite

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Love to see it. ❤️🤝✊

[–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

In case some people don't know, the Luddites weren't anti-technology, they were anti-capitalism.

[–] budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 days ago

Since the article doesn't have much info about the technology involved - the "boxes" they are talking about in the news article are LoRes Mesh nodes

LoRes Mesh is a project to provide digital services at local community facilities that meet genuine human needs.

Nodes run software for local people and community groups, like website hosting, email servers and more.