Pluralistic: Netflix wants to chop down your family tree (02 Feb 2023)

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Netflix wants to chop down your family tree: The enshittification cycle comes for your most private domain.
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Pluralistic: 08 Nov 2022 Tech a la carte

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Tech a la carte: A new antitrinitarian technognosticism.
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Pluralistic: 01 Aug 2022

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Podcasting "View A SKU": A plan to turn Amazon into a dumb pipe.
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Pluralistic: 28 Jun 2022

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Decrapify cookie consent dialogs with the Consent-O-Matic: Comcom steps in where GDPR enforcement failed.
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Pluralistic: 28 Apr 2022

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Renegotiate the web "bargain" by blocking all ads: The Adafruit ESPHole lets you say "How about 'Nah?'"
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Pluralistic: 22 Feb 2022

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Podcasting Part III of "The Internet Heist": In which the cartel gives itself a veto over your family life.
China hamstrings its Big Tech: "National champions" are neither.
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Pluralistic: 21 Feb 2022

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A(nother) massive Swiss banking leak: Sunshine won't disinfect anything on its own.
The people's disruption: Tech rights are workers' rights.
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Pluralistic: 05 Feb 2022

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How to design an anti-monopoly interop system: On the colossal bad faith of Subaru and Kia.
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Pluralistic: 09 Nov 2021

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Stockholm's war on interoperability: An object lesson in how (not) to resolve the tension between comcom and privacy.
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Pluralistic: 08 Oct 2021

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Facebook shouldn't be in charge of how you use Facebook: Unfollow Everything and the need for (good) tech regulation.
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