Kalvin<p>Russia: Centralized in Practice</p><p>Officially a federation: Has "federal subjects" like republics and oblasts with their own constitutions.</p><p>But... power is very centralized: The Kremlin (central government) heavily controls most political and economic decisions.</p><p>Autonomy often symbolic: Regions have limited ability to go against central policies.</p><p>Strongman politics: Central authority overrides local decisions if needed.</p><p>Spirit of Federalism?<br>Weak in practice. Centralized control dominates despite federal structure.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/RussianFederalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussianFederalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/KremlinControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KremlinControl</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Centralization</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PutinPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AuthoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianRule</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FederalFacade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalFacade</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PoliticalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalScience</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ComparativePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComparativePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AutonomyMyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutonomyMyth</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PowerCentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerCentralization</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/RussiaUkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaUkraineWar</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ConstitutionalFarce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalFarce</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StateSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OligarchRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OligarchRule</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PoliticalHypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalHypocrisy</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StrongmanPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrongmanPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/RegimeTypes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegimeTypes</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/EurasianPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EurasianPolitics</span></a></p>
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Jérémie Zimmermann🎶💗🧀🫖5946<p>O, Irony.... :((</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Centralization</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FuckOffGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckOffGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/LoveTheArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveTheArchive</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/UblockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UblockOrigin</span></a></p>
Paul Giulan<p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> & <a href="https://federate.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATProto</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thelibre.news/why-i-recommend-against-bluesky/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelibre.news/why-i-recommend-</span><span class="invisible">against-bluesky/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralization</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralized</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federation</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/federated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federated</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Bsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bsky</span></a></p>
David B. Himself<a href="https://werd.io/2025/the-web-was-always-about-redistribution-of-power-lets-bring" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://werd.io/2025/the-web-was-always-about-redistribution-of-power-lets-bring</a><br><br>by <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://werd.social/@ben" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ben</span></a></span> <br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://akkomane.social/tag/internet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://akkomane.social/tag/power" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#power</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://akkomane.social/tag/wealth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://akkomane.social/tag/socialmedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://akkomane.social/tag/centralization" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centralization</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://akkomane.social/tag/decentralization" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#decentralization</a>
katzenberger 🇺🇦<p>Federated <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> requires <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/federated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federated</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a>, too.</p><p>There is a discomforting trend to undermine the <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> by introducing <em>high-level</em> <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>API</span></a>s that foster irreversible <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralization</span></a>, and enable <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a>.</p><p>APIs for supporting the ingestion process of external search engines, inevitably leading to centralization: There's only so many search engines a Fediverse server admin is willing to feed, and much fewer even that people are willing to use. And with inevitable centralization comes frustration: neither admins nor people have choice.</p><p>APIs for "moderation as a service" that help submit all media to external actors, in the very same hash-and-match way that is one of the battlegrounds of the <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/ChatControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatControl</span></a> assault on privacy (and has always been, for those who can remember the <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/UploadFilters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UploadFilters</span></a> debate).</p><p>And it's always "only an API". That can be implemented by "whoever wants to". That is targeting "only the <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/FourHorsemenOfTheInfocalypse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourHorsemenOfTheInfocalypse</span></a>", never any legitimate posts. That is "innocent" of its glaringly apparent potential for abuse, and the course it sets, ignoring the history of the net. That you just misunderstood, or didn't look closely enough at.</p><p>And, that does not suggest or even mandate any kind of federation between its implementations.</p><p>Essentially, these APIs are an order, a call to surrender: Acknowledge the inferiority of federated systems – resistance is futile, you will be assimilated.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/nonmention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonmention</span></a></p>
⠵⠻⠷⠕⠭ 🍥🍉⚪🌹<p>Maybe it would help if people thought of centralized social media and data tech companies as predators, parasites, preying on, nay, addicted to appropriating your personal data for things... horrible things... you never consented to. It's in their nature. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Centralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheHunger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheHunger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
mray<p>Hey <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@delta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>delta</span></a></span> how much money do you spend in a year? Just asking for a friend. 😅 </p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Centralization</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Harrybear" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Harrybear</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@bkahn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bkahn</span></a></span> </p><p>Traditional <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> is dead. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Socialmedia</span></a> is where the challenge and redemption lies now</p><p>Away from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralization</span></a> </p><p>Towards this: the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> </p><p>We need to turn this place into a tool of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sanctuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctuary</span></a> from the now unconstrained malice, build it into a muscular alternative</p><p>Some like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>, etc as fringe</p><p>I utterly disagree with such people</p><p>The wonderful part is this is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a>. You stay fringe, let us do what is necessary</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>You use XMPP+OMEMO because you think it's neat.</p><p>I use XMPP+OMEMO because all centralized, single-vendor and/or single-provider messengers are inherently garbage, collect PII like <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/111968251463697943" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">phone numbers</a> for no <em>"legitimate reason"</em> and don't offer proper End-to-End - Encryption with self-custody of all the keys, making them either honeypots or prime targets for warrants.</p><ul><li><em>We are not the same!</em></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreNotTheSame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreNotTheSame</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Centralization</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCustody</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Honeypot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Honeypot</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Warrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Warrant</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EncroChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EncroChat</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AN%C3%98M" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANØM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OperationIronside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperationIronside</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OperationTr%C3%B8janShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperationTrøjanShield</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumbers</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumber</span></a></p>
Shanie MyrsTear<p>Many people moving to Bluesky from Twitter though a perfectly valid, owned-by-the-people solution exists right here. Do people just love corporate centralization that much, the crack cocaine that is the algorithm, or is the UI simply prettier? Maybe it’s the signing up is hard narrative? (Instances.social makes it easy)</p><p>Anyone asked a Bluesky user what sent them that way? Comment if it was something else. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.tails.ch/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tails.ch/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tails.ch/tags/Birdsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birdsite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tails.ch/tags/Centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Centralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tails.ch/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tails.ch/tags/Algorithm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Algorithm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tails.ch/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tails.ch/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tails.ch/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a></p>
Tommi 🤯<p><strong><em>Knitting Our Internet</em> in Berlin!</strong></p><p>How does the Internet <em>actually</em> work? Why is it such a mess? How can we make it better?</p><p>Join my <strong>free workshop</strong> <a href="https://ournet.rocks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Knitting Our Internet</em></a> in <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berlin</span></a> TODAY to explore these questions and to for their answers, together! </p><p>📍 Location: <strong><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@xHain_hackspace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>xHain_hackspace</span></a></span></strong>, Grunberger Straße 16, 10243, Friedrichshain, Berlin<br>🕠 Date and time: <strong>Saturday 26 October</strong> 2024, from <strong>17:30</strong> until ~18:30</p><p>No participation fee, <strong>no reservation</strong> required, no knowledge or material required. Just <strong>come and bring your friends</strong>! 💕</p><p>I promise: it’s not a complex technical thing, but an participatory collective experience instead. (I have cool stickers too 🤩) </p><p>See you tomorrow!</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/berlin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>berlin</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://pan.rent/tags/xHain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xHain</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/hackerspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackerspace</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralization</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/antiCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/antiFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiFascism</span></a></p>
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nextcloud</span></a></span> </p><p>Decentralization is somewhere over there... way over there... in the distance... far from any of our videos.</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Peertube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peertube</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Centralization</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/GAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAM</span></a></p>
Benedikt Wi<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@LWN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LWN</span></a></span> Sorry to hear that, even their discussion forum is moved to <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a>. We need <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> services, not more <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralization</span></a>.</p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Centralization</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CentralizedWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralizedWeb</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Oligopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligopolies</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CrowdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrowdStrike</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a>: "Hace 20 años, internet era una infraestructura diversa llena de consorcios de operadoras y proveedores de servicios locales. La nueva generación de cables submarinos de fibra óptica está siendo desarrollada exclusivamente a Google, Facebook y Microsoft. OpenAI está integrando su modelo de IA generativa en servicios, aplicaciones y empresas de todo el mundo, incluyendo aquellas destinadas a atender las necesidades de los ciudadanos, como la administración, la educación y la salud. SpaceX domina absolutamente la infraestructura de internet satelital.</p><p>Una sola actualización del software de una empresa que casi nadie ha contratado directamente ha bloqueado aeropuertos en todo el mundo en un viernes de julio. Podemos culpar a CrowdStrike. Pero, cuando es inevitable que la escena se repita, sería más sensato reconocer el síntoma de un error sistémico: nuestra dependencia de la infraestructura corporativa opaca, centralizada y monolítica de empresas como Microsoft. Sería el primer paso para desarrollar infraestructuras digitales más resilientes y sostenibles, capaces de garantizar la estabilidad del sistema, la competitividad del mercado y la protección del ciudadano."</p><p><a href="https://elpais.com/opinion/2024-07-22/los-fragiles-monocultivos-digitales.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elpais.com/opinion/2024-07-22/</span><span class="invisible">los-fragiles-monocultivos-digitales.html</span></a></p>
happyborg<p>The IT world collapsed yesterday and it was nothing to do with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a>. </p><p>Shall we reflect on priorities?</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralization</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/decentralisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralisation</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CrowdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrowdStrike</span></a></p>
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