@potpie

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hello I'm a Latin teacher and I have lots of weird hobbies
@poppyhaze that beam looks the ominousest

Another #fuckyourapp experience.

Bought some door latches on alibaba. Came two weeks early. Quite happy.Now I get notifications at least once a day that I have 8 unread messages on their site.

Try viewing them in the browser on my phone and it won't let me. Just pushes me to download their stupid app.

NO GODDAMNIT!!

#enshittification #alibaba

@Tattie I dunno I think it makes perfect sense to call the loneliness epidemic "we-ness envy."
How Home Assistant Leads a 'Local-First Rebellion' - Slashdot

It runs locally, a free/open source home automation platform connecting all your devices together, regardless of brand. And GitHub's senior developer calls it "one of the most active, culturally important, and technically demanding open source ecosystems on the planet," with tens of thousands of c...

@APBBlue I love that! Beautiful work! One of my crafting goals is to one day make a really sweet teapot. This helps inspire me.
@shadowwwind @jwildeboer Kremlin but it's Hobby Lobby and Temu shit.

You can’t install Windows without an account, fix an iPhone without permission, or publish apps without approval.
When did computing become rental property?

Digital Landlords explains how platforms became private governors and why the rent is paid in behaviour.

Read → https://medium.com/@Diogo_Mendes/digital-landlords-1f83d2f5ff66

#tech #technology #ai #ethics #righttorepair #digitalrights #digitaltenancy #software #techpolicy #enshittification #ownership

Digital Landlords

How our computers learned to rule us

Medium