A plan for a post-American, enshittification-resistant internet (a speech at 39C3 in Hamburg on Dec 28, 2025)
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet
EDIT: Swapped the YT link for their website.
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internetOpen linkView original on sh.itjust.works193
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Video on media.ccc.de
Doctorow wrote a blog post about this. It has the video and a transcription of it, so you can either watch it, read it or both.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition
He also has a book on this topic, called Enshittification (I haven't read it, yet). I believe this talk was part of his book tour for the book. You can buy it DRM-free from his webpage: https://craphound.com/shop/
I didn't know Doctor Who was real I thought he was just from a show.
I just read the blog post on pluralistic.net, and wow, that was a good read. So much to unpack, I'm kinda speechless at the moment. Thanks for the link.
Hosted on YouTube.
Originally/additionally hosted on media.ccc.de
Is ccc.de down or something? I think reuploading video about enshittification to YouTube and posting it to a privacy-focused channel is exactly why we have a risk of losing privacy game.
You do have a point. TBH I only now realized that the video was posted from Doctorow's personal account, and without a link to the "original", which yeah, kinda weird.
The talk itself is still worth it (had the fortune of sitting in the audience), but probably a good idea to use the media.ccc.de link.
I fixed it :)
Great job! :D thank you!
Sorry, that was the only place I knew it existed at the time. The YT algorithm suggested it to me. I did remove the stupid tracking ID from it though.
Would it be bad taste to swap out the link with the one on ccc.de?
I think it is good to link to the original on ccc.de
Post both in the main post.