The Luddite Club started in a Brooklyn high school, but it’s become so much more.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Amanda Hanna-McLeer and Lucy Jackson to discuss ditching smartphones, getting off social media, and what it means to be a modern Luddite.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/317_the_luddite_club_is_for_everyone_w_amanda_hanna_mcleer__lucy_jackson

#tech #luddite #phones #socialmedia

We recently spoke with @redmonk senior analyst @kateholterhoff about a question that has shaped the mobile ecosystem for over a decade: why has the open web struggled to compete with native apps on mobile, and what regulators can do to restore competition?
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https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/owa-on-redmonk--why-the-mobile-web-still-cant-compete-with-native-apps-and-how-to-fix-it/

❓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!

“Build community, my friends, because our lives do, in fact, depend on it.”

https://thewhitepages.net/p/seven-reasons-why-hosting-a-silly

Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
https://www.404media.co/here-is-the-user-guide-for-elite-the-tool-palantir-made-for-ice/

The app for the man hunt

#palantir #elite #minneapolis

"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. ... Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared."

- Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl