Personal computers started out simple. So simple that you could just type in programs and run them, save them, and even give them to your friends. But over time, things got more complicated. A lot …
Enough is enough. It's time for the era of exclusive app stores and tight control to end. Apple has already solved this problem. The Mac is the way forward.
https://sixcolors.com/offsite/2024/11/the-app-store-era-must-end-and-the-mac-is-the-model/
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Thank you for this @anildash I'd been pointing people to the excellent article by @annaleen about Substack's grift but it's nice to have more things to point people towards about why it's a bad choice. Also props for the title.
https://www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/dont-call-it-a-substack/
Annalee's article, icymi
You deserve a home on the World Wide Web that’s built to keep you safe; a magical place for virtual living that‘s yours for life, existing in a sociable web.
Homeownership on the web is highly analogous to the physical world. Modern homeownership is mostly a story of home-rentership, not real ownership.
Incredibly, this matches the online experience, even though the World Wide Web has an infinite amount of real-estate!
You deserve a home on the web that’s built to keep you safe; a magical place for virtual living that‘s yours for life, existing in a sociable web.
https://blog.muni.town/digital-homeownership/
(Now stealth-releasing Weird v0.2 🥷)
I may have finally found a compelling, accessible way to describe the Fediverse - and make it appealing to people not familiar with it.
🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.14 👩🚀
“A new way to describe the Fediverse and its opposition to Big Tech”
https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-new-way-to-describe-the-fediverse-and-its-opposition-to-big-tech/
I think I may have finally found a way to explain the Fediverse and make it appealing to people not familiar with it - a very Italian, highly accessible way to frame it, via an analogy that anyone could understand.
#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #BigTech #BigFood #SocialMedia #FOSS #blog #NeilPostman #healthylifestyle
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The artist addresses the ‘duty of institutions to act ethically’
This week I was supposed to receive a prize for my work from a German foundation. It was abruptly cancelled when they realised what my work actually means. I wrote about that here: https://artreview.com/james-bridle-schelling-architecture-award-the-denial-of-genocide-is-on-the-march-everywhere/
Bluesky is breaking ceiling after ceiling for open social media. It's getting a bit boring now isn't it? We've all heard about the success of Bluesky. I mean, even ITV News did a segment on it. Don't get me wrong, it is brilliant news. Not only because it means people
"Open social media offers a chance to escape the cycle of good product turns bad product and wiping the slate clean to start again. Instead, open social media offers the chance to build in a space where you can easily hop-skip-jump to the next best platform without losing your community."
Check out what @saskia had to say about Bluesky continuing to grow.
https://forbetter.ghost.io/even-more-bluesky-growth/
#Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialMedia #Bluesky #X #OpenSocial #SocialWeb #Tech
Data tracks how Earth’s heating has led to rising sea levels and extreme weather – yet there is no sign of emissions slowing
Despite countries having signed up to the Paris Agreement – pledging to reach “net zero” in coming decades, which would mean not emitting more carbon than is absorbed into the land and sea – there is no sign of this happening. This year is on track to set another new record for global carbon emissions.
#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint
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