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What Power Does a Subscriber Have?
Seemingly as I was writing my last post, Jeff Bezos was poasting himself - it did not go well. Matt Pearce - who I should be clear, I think is one of the smartest and most committed people out there fighting for journalism - yesterday had advocated for subscribers not to cancel their subscriptions to the Post or to his former home, the…
http://jacob.kramer-duffield.com/2024/10/29/what-power-does-a-subscriber-have/
The Washington Post and the Oakland A’s are in the Same Business
On October 25, 2024, word began to spread across social media - the Washington Post was not going to make an endorsement in the 2024 Presidential election. The publisher, Will Lewis, wrote a milquetoast defense, saying “We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates” - notwithstanding that the Post had endorsed a candidate in every race save one, since 1976.
Podcast Paywalls Don’t* Work
According to reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times is planning on putting podcasts behind a paywall: The publisher is exploring making only the three most recent episodes of “The Daily” available to nonsubscribers, and making new episodes of its “Serial” show exclusive to subscribers for an initial period. The plans are still evolving and might change...
http://jacob.kramer-duffield.com/2024/06/26/podcast-paywalls-dont-work/
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You may be in a position where leaders in your company are hot to turn on Microsoft Copilot Recall.
Your best counterargument isn't threat actors stealing company data.
It's that opposing counsel will request the recall data and demand it not be disabled as part of e-discovery proceedings.
The threat that keeps your executives up at night are lawyers, not hackers.
I gathered a list of design and technology podcasts and independent magazines here: see what people who are building an independent internet and liberatory tech are reading and listening to:
https://www.cindykohtala.fi/2023/12/02/growing-the-future/
gathered especially here in Mastodon
#design #technology #STS #dweb #indieweb #solarpunk
Ralph Nader did very important work advocating for consumer safety early in his career.
Since then, he has union-busted his own organization, helped gift us George W. Bush's presidency, and now has a new book praising CEOs. Just very interesting ways to build/destroy a legacy.
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/11/14/ralph-nader-says-these-ceos-got-it-right-ethically/
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