TechdirtTechdirt Podcast Episode 442: Does AI Remove Or Provide User Agency?
Hacker NewsMalleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/malleable-software/
#HackerNews #MalleableSoftware #UserAgency #LockedDownApps #OpenSource #DigitalFreedom
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built far away, sealed, unchangeable. In this essay, we envision malleable software: tools that users can reshape with minimal friction to suit their unique needs.
FissionWeb3 and DWeb are all about empowering YOU! 💪 With decentralized platforms, you regain control over your data and digital identity. Take charge of your online journey and explore the possibilities of a user-centric Internet! #web3 #dweb #useragency
LisPiA bit more of the same vibe as one of my older posts (https://mastodon.top/users/lispi314/statuses/109939247576402187), #mobile hardware being a disappointment in its lack of any tooling for #programming and general #computing self-sufficiency.
LisPi (@[email protected])
Fun thing about People of the Phone vs desktop & #anime. After watching #SerialExperimentsLain, long before I got a #mobile, I was deeply disappointed when the one I acquired had no ability to code anything on it. None of the #agency that would be very feasible to implement on them. Post by @[email protected] that brought this to mind. https://universeodon.com/@siderea/109938645057405956 #Programming #UserAgency
Fission empowers users to have full control over their own data so they can choose how it will be shared, with whom, and for how long. WNFS, or Webnative File System, is E2EE and built on top of IPFS. It allows users to control who has access to their private files (yes, private file storage on IPFS!) and allows them to take their data with them to other WNFS-enabled apps. #useragency #userprivacy #userdata
Fun thing about People of the Phone vs desktop & #anime.
After watching #SerialExperimentsLain, long before I got a #mobile, I was deeply disappointed when the one I acquired had no ability to code anything on it.
None of the #agency that would be very feasible to implement on them.
Post by @siderea that brought this to mind. https://universeodon.com/@siderea/109938645057405956
Siderea, Sibylla Bostoniensis (@[email protected])
@[email protected] There's a reason Google Search sucks that most people don't know about. (Actually I think there's several, but one that is not remotely on the radar of people like the sort on Mastodon is...) There is a profound class divide in internet users. Originally this was framed "digital haves and have nots". While that is still there, it has been eclipsed by another dichotomy it's morphed into: People of the Desktop and People of the Phone. People of the Desktop are people who learned to use the internet on an "actual computer". This population winds up understanding the internet very differently than the other. The socioeconomic factors of who gets access to desktop/laptop computers mean that this is also a filter for other things like likelihood to have a college education and being comfortable with abstractions. People of the Desktop tend to retain access to desktops, because they find phones wanting, and know what they're missing. People of the Phone don't.
Eszter HargittaiPeople telling folks what to do and not to do on Mastodon kind of reminds me of the phone company in the telephone's early years telling women not to use the phone for social purposes. #useragency #history
Katherine DruckmanThis post on #digital #wallets by @dsearls is getting a lot of nice attention, but I’d love to see more comments and feedback. I’ve also enabled the #substack chat feature, and I’m curious to see if that will encourage some discussion. https://reality2.substack.com/p/the-digital-wallet-will-be-the-biggest #identity #ssi #opensource #useragency
