❓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!
- do you want to use google to sign in?
- do you want to add a passkey?
- do you want to add a 2FA token?
- we know you have 2FA but we've sent you an email instead
- this login attempt seems suspicious we've sent you a text about it
- can you click on these buses?
- you failed to click on the buses click on these bicycles instead
- should we save these details for next time?
- do you accept these trackers?
- you can opt out but we've decided it's legitimate interest anyway
- would you like to see a list of our 847 partners we share your data with?
- can we send you desktop notifications?
- can we access your location?
- do you want 10% off for signing up to the mailing list?
- do you want me to translate this page?
- hi I'm your friendly chatbot how can I help?
- oh no you can't buy this, reach out to us for a quote!
- do you want—
I'm tired boss
Petition in Germany to recognize unpaid contribution to free and open source software projects as 'society-beneficial volunteering' (ehrenamt)!
This will give volunteering for e.g. @postmarketOS , @freifunk , @kde , @nextcloud , @Mastodon and other libre projects the same legal status as taking care of an elderly family member or volunteering for a youth association, which provides tax benefits and relaxes requirements for receiving unemployment benefits.
Interested people may sign it using one of the two following links.
The petition in german language: https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/anerkennung-von-open-source-arbeit-als-ehrenamt-in-deutschland#petition-main
The petition in english language: https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/recognition-of-work-on-open-source-as-volunteering-in-germany
News article (German): https://www.heise.de/news/Petition-Open-Source-Arbeit-soll-als-Ehrenamt-gelten-11094436.html
News article (English): https://www.heise.de/en/news/Petition-Open-source-work-should-count-as-volunteer-activity-11095357.html
The petition is organized by @webvision.
If you're not a resident of Germany, go ahead and use this thread to organize similar initiatives in your country of residence.
#deutschland #foss #floss #volunteer #ehrenamt #freiwilligkeit #openSource #freeSoftware
Open-Source-Software bildet heute das Fundament großer Teile der digitalen Infrastruktur – in Verwaltung, Wirtschaft, Forschung und im täglichen Leben. Selbst im aktuellen Koalitionsvertrag der Bundesregierung wird Open-Source-Software als elementarer Baustein zur Erreichung digitaler Souveränität genannt. Bei vielen Bürgern ist leider kein Bewusstsein vorhanden, wo sie überall mit Open-Source-Software in Verbindung kommen. Egal ob es eine Website im Internet ist, der Ticket-Automat für die Bahn
Sign the change.org petition:
https://c.org/dGdKkgVJNm
#Google has announced that #android will become a locked-down platform as of September 2026. Unverified #apps can’t be sideloaded on Android anymore soon.
Users will no longer have the choice to install and run whatever software they want unless your app developers decide to register and verify their personal identity for the Android platform centrally with google.
Alternative app store's like #fdroid are threatened by this. Learn how to support at https://keepandroidopen.org/
Wer noch ein Konto bei #Facebook oder #Instagram hat, kann bei einer Sammelklage auf Schadensersatz gegen #Meta teilnehmen!
Dass Meta eine #Datenschleuder ist, ist zwar nichts Neues, aber nun hat das Oberlandesgericht #Dresden ein wegweisendes Urteil gesprochen.
Dabei ging es darum, dass Meta über „Business Tools“ die Aktivitäten seiner Nutzer*innen auf Drittwebsites aufzeichnet.
Dagegen haben vier Personen jetzt vor dem Oberlandesgericht Dresden geklagt und eine Entschädigung in Höhe von je 1.500 Euro zugesprochen bekommen. Außerdem wird es eine Sammelklage geben.
Mehr erfahrt ihr hier bei @netzpolitik_feed:
The Great Migration 🚀
X ➡️ https://joinmastodon.org
IG ➡️ https://pixelfed.org
FB ➡️ https://friendi.ca
TikTok ➡️ https://joinloops.org
YouTube ➡️ https://joinpeertube.org
WhatsApp ➡️ https://signal.org
Ethical. Federated*. Open.
Spread the word ✨
* - I know signal isn't federated, consider @matrix or @xmpp alternatively
@kuketzblog @sebastianha
LineageOS 23.0 mit MicroG (ohne GApps)
Android 16
Signal aus Aurora Store.
Gemäß RethinkDNS keine Verbindungen zu Firebase oder Google.
@richardorilla Game dev's and publishers are not even forced to release their games on #steam, especially PC gaming isn't locked to steam only.
Gamers are also free to install other stores and buy games from there.
If players still don’t want those alternatives, it’s for a reason: the higher prices they see are worthwhile for the various services involved. So, the alternatives need to also compete on quality.
It is completely absurd to involve the government to punish #Valve.
Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad
Harley 🐝🌿
papiris🏴🇵🇸
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