Why #decentralizing your #tech is important today. More then it ever was before.

When you are reliant on one device to do everything you will pay more to just one company for the #phone or #pc Many pay up to $500 to $1000 just to get a modern smartphone.

If you get other devices that are dedicated to specific tasks, you won't have to age verify yourself just to unlock all the functions of an offline device.

#Playstation has recently added #ageverification to play your games online. (on #psn ) or message your friends.

Some u.s states tried making it that no one under 18 could even download a basic calculator app without verifying your age and also being 18 years of age. (or with parental consent) luckily a court put that on hold. (state such as Texas)

Getting a #retro offline #console or tech #device frees you from that before it spreads. It gives you more legal rights now then current #appstore landscape, and less uncertainty.

#Decentralize your #calculator app. By getting a dumb physical calculator, never use your #Smartphone again specially just to calculate your numbers. Plus you can say I'm not using my smartphone just to use a calculator.

While #decentralizing a calculator seems small, and redundant things start to add up when you start decentralisd your basic apps with other offline tech. You can shift the balance of tech devices.

"#Decentralizing the governance of social computing systems to #communities promises to empower them to make independent decisions, with nuance and in context. Yet, communities do not govern in isolation. Many problems communities face are common, or move across their boundaries. We propose designing for #intercommunity governance: mechanisms that support relationships between communities toward coordinating on #governance issues."

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3772318.3790855

After the recent Discord incident, I was thinking, why decentralised alternatives aren't more popular? What did Discord do that Matrix, for example, couldn't?

#discord #matrix #decentralizing #decentalized #decentralizedtech

It's behavior like this that convinced me to leave #Meta forever. #Google, #Microsoft, and #Apple have also been using our data to train their #AI in the form of taking our writing from word processors. This is why I've been #decentralizing from these corrupt tech giants. No more free data from me.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/court-documents-show-not-only-did-meta-torrent-terabytes-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-models-employees-wouldnt-stop-emailing-each-other-about-it-torrenting-from-a-corporate-laptop-doesnt-feel-right/

Decentralizing DevRel

#Starknet Foundation launching Starknet Provisions Program, distributing 700M STRK tokens to eligible community members.

#STRK token distributed on Feb 20 to 1.3M eligible wallets, integral to #decentralizing Starknet network. #cryptonews
https://coinpedia.org/news/starknet-provisions-program-to-distribute-900-million-strk-tokens-to-community-claim-now/