❓Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we!

➡️We have published a report about enshittification, on how and why digital products and services keep getting worse - and how we can turn the trend (hint: open tech, enforcement, public policy++)

Obviously @pluralistic is a big inspiration and help in this work.

More than 80 groups in Europe and the US has joined in a call to action.

More here: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree

Enjoy this short film!

@finnmyrstad @pluralistic hahaha what a glorious video!
Could you make a video about the de-enshittificators? You know, the ones [unbricking polish trains](https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/polish-train-manufacturer-threatens-hackers-who-unbricked-their-trains/), [bypassing digital locks and parts pairing in farm equipment](https://www.gadgetreview.com/the-tractor-repair-scam-john-deeres-digital-lockdown-and-the-farmers-who-hacked-it), and building freedom- and privacy-resistant alternatives which are resistant to enshittification (this here fediverse, for example, as well as the co-operatives running member-democratically owned and controlled digital services) [1](https://datakollektivet.no), [2](https://data.coop), [3](https://konstellationen.org), [4](https://ukrudt.net), [5](https://deuxfleurs.fr), [6](https://social.coop), [7](https://riseagainstbig.tech), [8](https://mayfirst.coop), [9](https://commonscloud.coop), [10](https://meet.coop), [11](https://coopcloud.tech) and many others
Polish Train Manufacturer Threatens Hackers Who Unbricked Their Trains

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@papiris @finnmyrstad @pluralistic
I'd like to add some german tech-coops:
https://tech-coops.de/
tech-coops

Global community of worker owned cooperatives specializing in the development of software, communication and design.

@Rosenrot @finnmyrstad @pluralistic

For sure!
In my comment I was going for co-ops and similar organisations where the users have democratic co-determination, but tech workers' co-ops are certainly a vital and important part of the ecosystem.

To contribute to your list, here are links to some of the tech workers' co-ops I've had the pleasure of meeting and/or conversing with:

- @agaric, member of the international tech co-op federation @patio
- @tak
- @autonomic (also member of Patio)
- @Cloud68
- @interstitial_coop
- https://robur.coop
- https://doop.coop
- https://ogtall.no
- https://19.coop
- https://platformcoop.de
- https://digidemlab.org (and https://collective.tools)
- https://syndicats.co

and for an even wider list, there's https://tech-coops.xyz/

and finally, me and two other folks are in the process of starting a tech workers' co-op in Norway :)

robur

@papiris @Rosenrot @[email protected] @pluralistic @agaric @patio @tak @Cloud68 @interstitial_coop

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