Eine bessere Netzwelt ist möglich

Unter dem Hash­tag #soSoll­Web fragt Annet­te Schwindt: „Wie soll das Web, wie wir es uns wün­schen, aussehen?“

kaffeeringe.de/2025/02/18/eine…

#ActivityPub #AnnetteSchwindt #BigTech #Blogparade #Fediverse #Internet #SocialMedia #soSollWeb

#soSollWeb: Eine bessere Netzwelt ist möglich

Unter dem Hashtag #soSollWeb fragt Annette Schwindt: "Wie soll das Web, wie wir es uns wünschen, aussehen?"

^{Steffen Voß (kaffeeringe.de)}

Let's play a game.

Don't say PowerPoint presentation, say slidedeck
Don't say Word, say text document
Don't say Photoshop, say image editing
Don't say Excel, say spreadsheet
Don't say...

Language is important. When corporate companies own the names of the tasks or the digital items you create, you have become a cog in their branding machine.

#bigtech #DataSociety #academicchatter

"Nextcloud is, by far, one of the best tools I've experienced in a very long time."

ZDNET's Jack Wallen shares his love of Nextcloud, and how to escape #BigTech cloud to protect your data privacy. 🕵🏾

What do you use to protect your #DataPrivacy?

zdnet.com/home-and-office/work…

7 apps that helped me escape the cloud - and protect my data privacy

If you're tired of knowing that a third party has access to your data and content, it's time to move away from cloud services that may be selling your information or using it to train their LLMs.

^{Jack Wallen (ZDNET)}

Elon #Musk and investors offering $97.4 billion for control of #OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam #Altman wrote on X: “no thank you but we will buy #twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.”

Source: nbcnews.com/business/business-…

#ai #technology #bigtech #economy #news #joke #money #finance #ChatGPT

Elon Musk and investors offering $97.4 billion for control of OpenAI, WSJ reports

Elon Musk is leading a group of investors in offering to buy control of OpenAI for $97.4 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

^{Ari Levy, CNBC (NBC News)}

#Meta leeched 82 terabytes of pirated #books to train its #Llama #AI, documents reveal

Source: cybernews.com/tech/meta-leeche…

#torrent #piracy #Problem #copyright #technology #justice #economy #news #usa #bigtech #ethics

🔒 Webinar: Governments can break free from #BigTech!

Discover how Nextcloud Talk offers true digital sovereignty, data privacy, and GDPR compliance compared to MS Teams.

📆 Thu Feb 6
🕦 4pm CET / 10am ET

Choose Nextcloud for true digital sovereignty!

nextcloud.com/blog/event/beyon…

Beyond Microsoft Teams: Why Public sector organizations choose Nextcloud Talk for secure communication - Nextcloud

Explore the latest features of Nextcloud Talk designed specifically for the public sector. Learn how Nextcloud Talk functions as a standalone application and serves as a powerful alternative to Microsoft Teams.

^Nextcloud

Nextcloud's federation: for a better digitally sovereign future!

At the core of Nextcloud's mission: We don't want to live in a world where 5 #BigTech companies control all communication and collaboration.

We all deserve something better!

youtu.be/exuVtfM8-5Q

Nextcloud's Federation: The key to a better digitally sovereign future

Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek shares our latest federation features and the values central to the decentralized collaboration of tomorrow.At the core o...

^YouTube

Mark #Zuckerberg to #employees in leaked all-hands #meeting: ‘buckle up’

source: theverge.com/command-line-news…

Before jumping into the Q&A, Zuckerberg addressed the changes head on: “We try to be really open and then everything I say #leaks. It sucks.”

#news #meta #economy #staff #job #employee #whistleblower #ethic #bigtech #technology #future #management #trust #usa

Mark Zuckerberg to employees in leaked all-hands meeting: ‘buckle up’

“We try to be really open and then everything I say leaks. It sucks.”

^{Alex Heath (The Verge)}

Report: Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech

source: techcrunch.com/2025/01/29/repo…

Common Sense says that 64% of surveyed U.S. teens don’t trust Big Tech companies to care about their mental #health and well-being and 62% don’t think the companies will protect their safety if it hurts profits.

#BigTech #Technology #USA #Teenager #survey #trust #profit #capitalism #economy #job #work #freedom #society #politics #news #future #ethics #humanrights

Report: Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech | TechCrunch

American teens have lost their faith in Big Tech, according to a new report from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit offering reviews and ratings for media

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

Last week we woke up with Trumps autocratic takeover. Tech giants having taken over in three ways: 1) technical control, dominating the tech platforms, 2) financial power, encouraging consumption and restricting the channels on their platforms, buying up innovative startups, like Facebook did with Whatsapp; and 3) political influence, controlling the medium and polarising the message, they have allowed and encouraged extreme right wing political positions to dominate the political discourse.

Time to wake up and take steps: on two sides: first move away from and stop using their #bigtech and second move towards and contribute to commons alternatives. Let's #DoItTogether #DIT #Juntas #VamonosJuntas

People are massively doing that, like the leave X campaigns are showing in many countries. Apart from X, we have so many other bigtech platforms that people can and are leaving. Here some images by @S 🌱 L V I Λ - may it help your communities to take the necessary steps.

Nuevo post:

Tu suscripción ya no es suficiente

#Internet #BigTech #enmierdificacion #tecnologia #indieweb #blog #enmiblog

thecheis.com/2024/12/29/tu-sus…

Tu suscripción ya no es suficiente

El otro día estaba escuchando unos podcast en Spotify cuando noté que de vez en cuando saltaban anuncios publicitarios —desconozco si por elección de la plataforma o de los creadores—. No sería alg…

^THE_CHEI$

Members of the EU Parliament want to visit Amazon work sites before potentially giving back easy access to Parliament to the company's lobbyists

euronews.com/next/2024/11/21/l…

#EU #EuropeanUnion #EU #lobbying #amazon #bigtech

Now, where have I heard that before? Powerful, Personal, Private. Indeed, that is @Vivaldi !

Just visit vivaldi.com.

When Big Tech copies both your (non-AI) features and your slogan, I guess you have to be doing something right!

#BigTech #Apple #Vivaldi

#CommunitySpotlight: Are you concerned about #BigTech, but still cannot fully escape them? Do you use (or just learned about) alternative frontends for popular services?

Check out #LibRedirect on #Codeberg, a browser addon which redirects many proprietary sites to alternative viewers.

codeberg.org/LibRedirect/brows…

browser_extension

A browser extension that redirects popular sites to alternative frontends and backends

^Codeberg.org

Considering a move from #BigTech for increased data privacy?

Discover 16 Nextcloud apps as alternatives to Google and Apple:

Put yourself in control of your data with calendar 📅, contacts 📞, photos 📷, notes 📝, tasks ✅, passwords 🔒, and more!

@thelinuxEXP

youtu.be/MlLrcpXBB_A

16 of the BEST NextCloud apps to replace Google and Apple services

Learn more about AlmaLinux and AlmaCare with this free webinar (+ get a chance to win a free drone): https://bit.ly/3YJVSpv Grab a brand new laptop or deskto...

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