Pluralistic: Forcing your computer to rat you out (02 August 2023)

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Forcing your computer to rat you out: Self determination starts with the right to decide who can know which facts about you.
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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.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: How Apple could open its App Store without really opening its App Store (21 Dec 2022)

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How Apple could open its App Store without really opening its App Store: …and what we should do about it.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017
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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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This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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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.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2021
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Pluralistic: 24 Sep 2021

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Demonopolizing the internet with interoperability: My op-ed in the Communications of the ACM
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Pluralistic: 07 Aug 2021

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Doordash privacywashes its war on workers: Tech rights are workers' rights.
End bankruptcy shopping: No more Sacklers, ever.
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Pluralistic: 01 Aug 2021

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Github pledges legal aid for interoperators: Youtube-dl's legacy.
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Pluralistic: 14 Jul 2021

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Facebook employees stalk users: Moral hazard vs the ACCESS Act.
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Pluralistic: 07 Jul 2021

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Technological self-determination: Competition is a means, not an end.
Biden delivers Right to Repair via executive order: End of the line for John Deere's asshole lobbyists.
Comic book store files comic-book lawsuit: Third Planet Comics has already won its case…in my heart.
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