Urgh this is so backwards.

Governments need to fund more FOSS not less!

Hopefully the EU can increase its support to compensate.

lol I thought this was a guerrilla IT warfare post where you snuck in and did it, but you actually did it with permission.... 😂

Totally. And that "legitimate interest" nonsense takes ages to click through 🤦

The UK moves are very worrying. We're trying to help people to move away from big tech at our site https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/

We recommend fediverse protocols wherever possible - so I'm interested in the comments here about how that is affected

Don't stop there! Replace all Big Tech apps:

https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusingbigtech.html

RSS. And very happy that it is!

I'm reading this on a Microsoft Surface that I flashed with Linux Mint. Quite satisfying!

Message to Microsoft:🖕

A Fairphone with e/OS/ on it.

Contact your representative. And here's F-droid's article about it (including how to find your representative at the end of the article): https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

Orgs have to wean themselves off big tech dollars. Painful, but has to happen. They'll have to restructure and refocus. Maybe cut out the AI stuff and focus on core functionality?

If there was a Bandcamp for film and TV, then I would buy stuff there. DRM free.

But until then...

We will get to that in the Big Tech Walkout 2026 programme. This is for people who have no idea about tech, and struggle to know the difference between a search engine and a browser. Imagine them trying to install Linux 😂

Baby steps

Ooooooooh I see! right.... yes that works.

I wasn't familiar with the idea of the instance 'fetching' a post. Thank you!

Showing that they blocked right wing stuff in the past, and now align with the right wing, demonstrates that big tech doesn't care about sides - they just want money and power.

I would assume that Anthropic's stance is mostly performative. But while people are in boycotting mood they could solve the surveillance problem by quitting ALL big tech products. Here’s our site that lists all the ethical, non-spyware alternatives:

https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusingbigtech.html

(Please share with your friends and family - we have zero marketing budget - thank you!)

Great idea! Two things

• E2EE is a default in privacy by design so consider CryptPad for docs instead
• change the name. Inline Style is terrible (sorry but to a native English speaker it sounds lame). How about just Inline?

For Hitler and Nazi Germany it certainly was a way to prepare for expansionist wars: https://www.richardjevans.com/lectures/autarky-fantasy-reality/

Peaceful general strikes would be a better first option imho

If I have to wade through pages of "legitimate interest" nonsense, unticking them, then I'm not using your site.

Disable Recall with these instructions:

https://oracle-base.com/blog/2024/11/10/windows-recall-how-to-disable-spy-mode/