I'm pretty sure this came to my attention from someone here on fedi, because I have people for whom this is catnip: "Refusal As Instruction," Hannah Cyrus, Information Technology and Libraries, March 2026.

https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/17653/11960

Six pages of an excellent sermon about how public libraries especially need to think about privacy more, and possibly put some friction between a user and their goal, if the frictionless option goes to privacy-intrusive companies.

(Now, if IT would just *listen*...)

View of Refusal as Instruction

@TheyOfHIShirts Thanks for sharing, this is really interesting. Also I had not heard about Free Kagi for Libraries until I saw it mentioned here (well, library patrons, for 12 months -- but still)
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patrons "will travel it in a way that gives them the knowledge and agency to make informed choices." +100