Big Tech isn’t the web. It’s an empire.

• Built on surveillance capitalism. Your data = their profit

• Algorithms engineered to manipulate, addict, polarize

• Walled gardens with lock-in, enshittification as business model

• Governed by US laws + politics (DMCA, Patriot Act, MAGA culture)

• Controlled by a handful of tech billionaires in a digital aristocracy

When you choose Big Tech, you choose profit over people, control over freedom, censorship over community.

Free, open, decentralized alternatives break that cycle:

- No ads, no tracking, no dark patterns
- Community-driven, transparent, auditable
- Not bound to one country’s laws or corporate agenda

Decentralization is digital self-determination.

Choose people over platforms. Choose freedom. 💪

#Decentralize #Fediverse #OpenSource #StopBigTech #Privacy #DigitalFreedom

@Larvitz I have recently learned something that I have no doubt plays into it! By TOS, people AREN'T ALLOWED to actually self host! My ISP wants to essentially double my bill for the privelage!