"it's all stored locally" is not a panacea for these alarming privacy-invading products!
what exactly is stored locally? what data is extracted from that local data and sent to the company's servers? is that local data being backed somewhere?
what additional risks are now being posed to people who share devices, whose devices might be accessed by others or compromised, or who might not realize these tools are running? what is the risk that the company might later change its decision on local storage?
I had such a great chat with @mike on his Dot Social podcast, where we talked about the future of the web and why I'm a web optimist, why everyone should be a blogger, digital ownership, and decentralized social media.
I really have hard time to understand why every technology must be bent around the non-sensical word #contentcreator...
Who cares about "content creators" ... For me "content creators" means publishing superficial & arguable topics with very low budget on the internet... WOW... Super... 😑
It looks like we (not exactly me) are all addicted to consume content on the internet that we can't live without "content creators" . 🤦♂️
For me "content creators" are another symptom of the #Fediverse#enshittification, because they are a product of the "nasty social media" to let people sticking in front of a screen.
If you are against the "nasty social media" the last thing that you want on the Fediverse are the "content creators" .
Please save the Fediverse from "content creators" ... 🙏
@freezr@molly0xfff We do have a bad habit in the tech world of calling people "users" and stories "content" and artists "creators". This kind of shorthand is often used to make it easier when building or discussing products but risks overly simplifying or categorizing.
When I use the phrase "content creator" I'm referring to people like bloggers, vloggers, and podcasters who often tell stories in a way that is deeply rooted in their passion or expertise. I think these are people who I think should be celebrated in the fediverse and given an opportunity to subsidize their work so that can be sustainable.
@aburka@molly0xfff yeah. And most crucially, it'd provide a way for people to bring the blockchain back online once technological civilization is restored.
"In 2024, for the first time, it finally feels like we have a critical mass of people and platforms who are interested in rewilding the internet to bring back what we lost, and create something new. ... There's a palpable feeling that this just might be the year of the open web."
@molly0xfff In my case, it's not hope but defiance. I don't believe my website counts for much, or that independent operators alone can break the spell of network effects and liberate people who prefer their digital chains, but the power of Satan compels me to press on regardless; every day my website stays up is itself a small victory.
i'm sure it was a major and scary decision to branch out to their own platform, but the precarity of building on third-party platforms like twitch/youtube really can't be overstated
"[The moderator crackdown is] just a reminder that anything you post on any of these platforms can and will be used for profit. It's just a matter of time until all your messages on Discord, Twitter etc. are scraped, fed into a model and sold back to you." – @ben
@shom@molly0xfff@ben@dangillmor Ever heard of low-background steel? Various instruments are made out of world war 2 and earlier battleship steel, some recovered from the bottom of the ocean, because all post-1945 steel is radioactive.
Pre-2023 Internet content is going to be a precious resource like low-background steel someday, the way things are going. Archives will be valuable, especially if one has the legal right to use them. (Although that will NOT deter people, they will obfuscate.)
“Crypto researcher Molly White skewered [Chris Dixon’s Read Write Own] with the delight of Pete Wells after downing an Almond Joy cocktail at Guy Fieri’s Flavortown.”
finally made an "AI" category (https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?collection=ai) for @web3isgreat to capture all the disasters pertaining to AI-powered cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency-powered AI