Justice for Willie SimmonsFeb 15

Instagram just keeps making it more difficult to use their product.

I would love to not have to. But we need to get as much exposure for Willie, so we need at least a minimum footprint on each of them.

They claimed to have sent a reset password, but still haven't gotten it

#instagram #meta #walledgardens

PPC LandJan 22
Newsletter ad spending surged 40% as brands flee walled gardens: Paved's 2026 report reveals newsletter publishers earned 30% more revenue while 64% of marketers adopted the channel, signaling fundamental shift beyond experimental budgets. https://ppc.land/newsletter-ad-spending-surged-40-as-brands-flee-walled-gardens/ #NewsletterMarketing #AdSpending #DigitalMarketing #MarketingTrends #WalledGardens
Newsletter ad spending surged 40% as brands flee walled gardens

Paved's 2026 report reveals newsletter publishers earned 30% more revenue while 64% of marketers adopted the channel, signaling fundamental shift beyond experimental budgets.

PPC Land
Ian Wardell, J.D.Jan 9

This project freeing Airpods from their walled garden might be one of the ones I'm looking forward to seeing succeed the most. I dispose #walledgardens for consumer hardware. Boss open sourcing their old speakers when they discontinued them might be one of the best trend starters I've seen in years.

https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods

GitHub - kavishdevar/librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem.

AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem. Contribute to kavishdevar/librepods development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Nicole HennigDec 12
This Changes Everything: Unpacking the Sora/Disney Deal www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6FT0B… (interesting take) #AI #Sora #Disney #WalledGardens
This Changes Everything: Unpacking the Sora/Disney Deal

YouTube
Nicole HennigDec 12
This Changes Everything: Unpacking the Sora/Disney Deal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6FT0B6RFbY (interesting take) #AI #Sora #Disney #WalledGardens
This Changes Everything: Unpacking the Sora/Disney Deal

YouTube
Strange QuarkNov 2

Today I'm running Madness on Geneva Lake, a #CoC adventure to celebrate the 50th anniversary of #Chaosium (founded 31 October 1975).

There are some editorial problems with the book. In particular, the stats for Dr. King are missing.

In the past, I would have searched #forums for errata or to see if other players had filled in the blanks. But today all such discussions take place in #walledgardens like #Discord which are not #indexed or #searchable.

I guess I'll just wing it.

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period.Oct 15

Pluralistic: Microsoft, Tear Down That Wall! (15 Oct 2025)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/15/freedom-of-movement/

Pluralistic: Microsoft, Tear Down That Wall! (15 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

N-gated Hacker NewsSep 26
🍏📢 #Apple, the benevolent overlord of walled gardens, throws a tantrum demanding the #EU repeal a #law daring to promote #competition. Because who wouldn't want to live in a world dominated by a single fruit company? 🙃🔒
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/apple-demands-eu-repeal-the-digital-markets-act/ #WalledGardens #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated
Apple demands EU repeal the Digital Markets Act

“DMA compliance is not optional, it’s an obligation,” the EU reminds Apple.

Ars Technica
filmvanalledagAug 10, 2025

Nieuwe bruggen

Sinds de dood van Twitter, wilde ik schrijven, maar ondertussen is best de vraag of je niet beter kan schrijven ‘Sinds de transformatie van Twitter naar X’, want het platform Twitter is toch wel blijven bestaan, weliswaar onder een andere naam. Alle politici zitten daar nog, alle sportploegen zitten daar nog, het netwerkeffect is toch te sterk. De totale ineenstorting is niet […]

https://www.filmvanalledag.nl/2025/08/10/nieuwe-bruggen/

Elena RossiniJul 15, 2025

https://elenarossini.com/2025/07/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-210-viva-foss/

There has never been a better time to join the world of Free Open Source Software or begin self-hosting essential digital services.

Some recent news that made me feel grateful for my forays into self-hosting:

  • The software Pocket, which made it easy to save, organize and read later articles in a really elegant interface shuts down this year. Another fantastic app/service to add to Mozilla‘s graveyard. Looking at YunoHost‘s app catalog, I noticed several superb alternatives to Pocket that are free, open source, and can be self-hosted, so I am thinking: never again will I give that power to an outside company. Cherry on top: the Pocket archive I requested the other day landed in my email… and the file contains an error, so I cannot download it (expired token even if it didn’t pass the 72 hour threshold they set). I look forward to self-hosting my next “save and read later” bookmark service.
  • The file sharing company WeTransfer was in the news this morning because they recently updated their terms of service, with alarming language, telling users: “You hereby grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable license to use your Content for the purposes of operating, developing, commercializing, and improving the Service or new technologies or services. Such license includes the right to reproduce, distribute, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, broadcast, communicate to the public, publicly display, and perform Content. You will not be entitled to compensation for any use of Content by us under these terms.” News about this spread like wildfire with people saying this language implies content shared via WeTransfer would be used to train AI models. Now, why is this a big deal you may wonder? In my filmmaking / film editing days I would use WeTransfer DAILY to share cuts of my projects. WeTransfer is THE file sharing app for most creatives and film professionals. I used it extensively in May and June to share versions of the Fediverse promo video with my interns. Well, even if WeTransfer backtracks following the backlash, I would never again consider using it. It’s a happy coincidence that last month I set up my own NextCloud instance and I plan on using it to share files from now on. Excellent timing.
  • Tangentially-related, but an article in Engadget today revealed that users of the microblogging platform Threads rarely click on external links. The numbers are pretty shocking: 28 million referral links in 30 days for a platform with allegedly 350 million monthly active users. This is precisely why I love the Fediverse: external links are never downranked because there are no algorithms. Writers and content creators have far higher engagement with their audience because of chronological feeds and more genuine relationships.

    • On my to do list for the fall: looking into taking full advantage of NextCloud‘s ecosystem because this software is incredibly sophisticated… the FOSS equivalent of a Swiss Army knife.

    For those curious about it, here is their official website with documentation: https://nextcloud.com

    Onwards and upwards!

    Elena

    #BigTech #fediverse #foss #freeOpenSourceSoftware #Meta #micro #mySoCalledSudoLife #NextCloud #Pocket #selfHosting #Threads #walledGardens #WeTransfer #yunohost

    My adventures in self-hosting: day 210 (viva FOSS!) — Elena Rossini

    The many reasons why I am grateful for free, open-source software and the ability to self-host essential digital services.

    Elena Rossini