#DigitalIndependence starts with moving away from proprietary software and switching to #OpenSource
Next, perhaps learn to write small programs which can be combined and work together?
And we need better #PropertyRights: #RightToRepair #RightToSalvage w/o asking permission, approval, or authorisation #RightToInteroperability #RightToTinker #RightToEncryption #RightToDIY w/o middlemen
Government, Organisations, Companies, etc should work towards #DigitalSovereignty & #DigitalIndependence) since given their size they can leverage law in their contracts with other parties
Natural persons, (found) families, informal communities usually lack leverage of any kind and should work towards #DigitalIndependence
Three days left until #JabberDay 2026!
#digitalSovereignty #digitalIndependence #freeSoftware #Jabber #XMPP
Evening at the Lighthouse.
Servers hum, containers breathe, and the tide rolls on regardless of hype cycles.
No dashboards shouting. No clouds bursting.
Just small machines, doing honest work, for people who still like to own their tools.
Tend your light. The night is noisy.
#LighthouseLore #SelfHosting #SmallTech
#NoBigTech #DigitalIndependence
#Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenSource
You like Signal for it's outstanding #confidentiality? Fine!
You like Threema, since it's safe, it's from #Switzerland, and #ElsbethSigmund as #Heidi was your #childhoodCrush? Great!
You like Whatsapp, because your friends are there? I don't blame you!
But 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 don't claim, that any of those #centralServices would support #digitalAutonomy, #digitalIndependence, #digitalSovereignty. They have their merits, but they still are #walledGardens.
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