Redecentralize Digest — kthxbye
It’s been a pleasure. • DWeb Camp • the consumer computer • futher reading • etc.
We’ve had enough of digital monopolies and surveillance capitalism. We want a world that works for everyone, just like the original intention of the web and net.
We seek a world of open platforms and protocols with real choices of applications and services for people. We care about privacy, transparency and autonomy. Our organisations and tools should fundamentally be accountable and resilient.
Redecentralize challenges the prevalent paradigm of central ‘clouds’ and ‘platforms’ that intermediate people’s interactions, set the rules, and lock them in.
We strive for an ecosystem of interoperable products, letting people choose their software and keep their data themselves.
Think self-hostable social media where users and communities can set their own rules; apps that don’t spy; devices that obey their user, not creator.
Redecentralize connects, facilitates and promotes projects pursuing decentralisation. We bring people together to learn and exchange, and help bridge the gap between technology, media and politics.
Amid growing awareness of problems with big tech, we advocate for structural solutions. Where others might debate how a powerful platform should be kept accountable, we question why it even has this power — and show the alternatives.
It’s been a pleasure. • DWeb Camp • the consumer computer • futher reading • etc.
In this issue: Give up Github • Chrome Alone • etc.
In this issue: PublicSpaces conf • Elephant in the room • Subsidiarity, not redundancy • etc.
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Check out or contribute to the alternative internet list, a crowd-sourced directory of hundreds of software projects.
We also love switching.software as a user-friendly guide to ethical alternatives to well-known apps and services.
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