(this has kinda become a draft personal #manifesto )

I notice in myself a change, over the past few months, where I am more accepting of the future. Not that I love it; but I feel I can still live a fulfilling life regardless of all the things that will go away.

I will remain not using a smartphone. This will give more and more issues for stuff like online banking - this is already becoming a nuisance. Not sure how to handle this one - maybe use a burner phone specifically for stuff like that, tho this is already a form of compliance I don't like.

I will no longer be able to watch a lot of sports and other media, as they are locked in to enshittified corporate platforms, which I decline to finance.

I will no longer be able to play many new games, as they become more service-based, or only available on platforms that will enshittify.

I may not be able to use newer computer hardware as desktop computer start to become more smartphone-like, forced to contain DRM hardware or software; I will probably end up with a 'static' retro-computer - my current setup works fine for making music and playing most games; I may just freeze this hardware and software, pull the internet cable and use it indefinitely.

God forbid, but maybe even Wikipedia could fall as a beacon of trustworthy information, leaving me with a static copy from today, as to make sure I won't be fooled by fascist- or AI misinformation.

Talking about which, I already notice I have a hard time subscribing to new channels on Youtube I don't already know and trust, as they may be written by AI, and contain misinformation that is very hard to notice, so I'm kinda stuck with the current set of channel subscriptions.

Channels which will disappear anyway, as Youtube will soon be completely unusable as it collapses from #enshittifaction.

I could go on..

All this means I will slowly drift away from mainstream society; I will miss out on most new media, games, software, culture, people.

And I'm starting to become okay with all that 🙏

I can still make music. I can still paint. I can still play. I can still watch. I can still talk. I still have way more than most people on the planet.

But it will hurt seeing the people around me move away into digital serfdom, as I already see them do.

I won't take a big part in the #technofeudalist society we are moving towards. And that will be lonely at times. But so be it.

@SnowshadowII

"... fediverse is NOT the place for anyone to compete for followers count..."

So true, in particular if you made followership by request only to avoid bots, primarily from #Russia.

I get dozens of requests per day, but have to decline most.

After climbing quickly last year, my follower count has (net) stagnated.

The #Technofeudalist platforms are threatened by this anarchic, decentralized system. If I were Elmo or Zuck, I'd devise a way to take the #Fediverse down.
@GottaLaff

@_elena

#SelfHosting surely is the way to go, *if* you're not writing ✍️ content critical of today's authoritarian leaders, political or corporate/ #TechnoFeudalist.

If s. o. reaches a level of significant reach as to annoy them, however, the self-hosting author's takedown might by mortally permanent.

But I don't want to rain on your parade, Elena.

The main advantage of the #Fediverse might be that it is so versatile, as to cater for all use cases and most security necessities.

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