How get rid of #bigtech #microsoft #meta #google #tiktok #facebook #instagram

https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/2026/02/06/bye-bye-big-tech-extra-tips/

How get rid of #bigtech #microsoft #meta #google #tiktok #facebook #instagram

https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/2026/02/06/bye-bye-big-tech-extra-tips/

Switch today, choose European

#BuyFromEU #Europe #Google #Ecosia

@royaards@newsie.social

Nice!

Only issue here, if I can share a constructive criticism, is that #robots should have proper trademarks over the head.

#Microsoft #OpenAI #Google and so forth...

That is: it's not robots who are enslaving people, but US #BigTech corporations. And they were doing so even before #GenAI was a thing.

You might object that such corporations are just legal proxies to billionaries but if you put #Musk's face, or #Gates' face or even #Altman's face on the robot, it would have just turned into an #Epstein themed panel.
And you'd be right!

Call it #AI, #LLM, agent, bot or just statistically programmed software, it's merely a weapon of oppression wielded by the wealthy against everyone else.

"The most valuable resource of the 21st century is your attention – and no one cultivates it more efficiently than Mark Zuckerberg. In 2025, Meta generated $196 billion in advertising revenue."*

I especially like the first part of the sentence, i.e. #attention being the most valuable #resource these days - this is something you should internalise. It's an investors perspective and it's verisimilitude is confirmed by the company values of this industry ( #Meta , #Google, #Twitter, etc.).

From an individual perspective this is true as well - for you and me attention means #time, and time is the only resource we'll never be able to gain, we automatically lose it with every passing second.

It's therefore outrageous how much time people give away freely, to companies, who's business model is maximizing the time you spend on them. And just as a side note - apparently, according to the newsletter this quote is taken from, soon Meta will even ask you to pay for it. Absurd. Yet, in Germany the average #screentime is ~5h per day, with nearly 3h going to #socialmedia apps like #Facebook, #Instagram, #tiktok etc.

I wonder, what's your life worth to yourself?

* Source: Scalable Capital Bits & Pieces Edition #265 | KW 6: Der Falke im Nest, Werbung vs. Abo und NVIDIA im Auto; Newsletter; translated from German by me.

#thoughts #philosophy #living #limitedlife #lifetime #valuable #valueyourself

"The most valuable resource of the 21st century is your attention – and no one cultivates it more efficiently than Mark Zuckerberg. In 2025, Meta generated $196 billion in advertising revenue."*

I especially like the first part of the sentence, i.e. #attention being the most valuable #resource these days - this is something you should internalise. It's an investors perspective and it's verisimilitude is confirmed by the company values of this industry ( #Meta , #Google, #Twitter, etc.).

From an individual perspective this is true as well - for you and me attention means #time, and time is the only resource we'll never be able to gain, we automatically lose it with every passing second.

It's therefore outrageous how much time people give away freely, to companies, who's business model is maximizing the time you spend on them. And just as a side note - apparently, according to the newsletter this quote is taken from, soon Meta will even ask you to pay for it. Absurd. Yet, in Germany the average #screentime is ~5h per day, with nearly 3h going to #socialmedia apps like #Facebook, #Instagram, #tiktok etc.

I wonder, what's your life worth to yourself?

* Source: Scalable Capital Bits & Pieces Edition #265 | KW 6: Der Falke im Nest, Werbung vs. Abo und NVIDIA im Auto; Newsletter; translated from German by me.

#thoughts #philosophy #living #limitedlife #lifetime #valuable #valueyourself

For years, we’ve been subjected to an endless parade of hyperventilating claims about the Biden administration’s supposed “censorship industrial complex.” We were told, over and over again, that the government was weaponizing its power to silence conservative speech. The evidence for this? Some angry emails from White House staffers that Facebook ignored. That was basically […]

@deFractal@infosec.exchange

Prohibiting addiction-oriented algorithms would be beneficial.

You can't wait for whistlebowers to be sure the algorithm employed are designed to addict.

So "prohibiting #addiction-oriented algorithms" is in no way enough: we need to make their application unfeasable.

Let's ban any centralized #SocialNetworks.

Let's outlaw any software that transfer one bit of data more than what is demonstrably required to fulfill users' request.

Let's completely ban #cookies, software fingerprinting, tracking, targeted ads and everything that fluel #SurveillanceCapitalism.

Let's ban "free services" based users' data collection and users' manipulation, starting from #GMail free tiers.

Let's break #BigTech like #Google or #Meta so that they cannot both provide services to users and sell ads or data.

This will work.

#AgeVerification is just giving these companies further data point even on people they cannot directly spy. It will further damage worldwide societies and #democracy withou any benefit to kids and other vulnerable people.

#Business #Findings
AI Overviews reduce clicks by 58% · “Google Search is becoming zero-click.” https://ilo.im/16adqx

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#Google #SearchEngine #AnswerEngine #AiOverviews #AI #SEO #ZeroClick #Development #WebDev #Frontend

#Business #Findings
AI Overviews reduce clicks by 58% · “Google Search is becoming zero-click.” https://ilo.im/16adqx

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#Google #SearchEngine #AnswerEngine #AiOverviews #AI #SEO #ZeroClick #Development #WebDev #Frontend

The documents provide smoking-gun evidence that Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok all purposefully designed their social media products to addict children and teens with no regard for known harms to their wellbeing, and how that mass youth addiction was core to the companies’ business models. The documents contain internal discussions among company employees, presentations from internal meetings, expert testimony, and evidence of Big Tech coordination with tech-funded groups, including the National Parent Teachers Association (PTA) and Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), in attempts to control the narrative in response to concerned parents.

“These unsealed documents prove Big Tech has been gaslighting and lying to the public for years

https://techoversight.org/2026/01/25/top-report-mdl-jan-25/

#BigTech #GAFAM #Google #Meta #TikTok #Snap #teens #mentalhealth #privacy #surveillance #addiction #drugs

Google Doubles AI Spending: Does Google’s AI Push Highlight A New Tech Era?

Google has officially doubled its capital expenditure on AI infrastructure, signaling a massive pivot in corporate priority. This aggressive spending spree isn't just about maintaining search dominance; it represents a fundamental shift into a new era where "AI-First" is the only viable business model.

#Google #Tech #Economy #technology #Innovation #Business #AIInvestment #TechNews
https://www.technology-news-channel.com/google-doubles-ai-spending-does-googles-ai-push-highlight-a-new-tech-era/

Google Doubles AI Spending: Does Google’s AI Push Highlight A New Tech Era?

Google has officially doubled its capital expenditure on AI infrastructure, signaling a massive pivot in corporate priority. This aggressive spending spree isn't just about maintaining search dominance; it represents a fundamental shift into a new era where "AI-First" is the only viable business model.

#Google #Tech #Economy #technology #Innovation #Business #AIInvestment #TechNews
https://www.technology-news-channel.com/google-doubles-ai-spending-does-googles-ai-push-highlight-a-new-tech-era/

Can you livestream on #PeerTube?

I wonder if someone could set up an instance of PT that is just for people to livestream & capture encounters w/ #ICENazis?

That way #ICE can't take the phone or delete them. #Google appeasers can't scrub them for the fascists

i was just thinking whether i should set my phone ready to livestream to #youtube or #substack for protests or if i encounter the #NachoNazis

#FuckICE #Resist #WT7

Can you livestream on #PeerTube?

I wonder if someone could set up an instance of PT that is just for people to livestream & capture encounters w/ #ICENazis?

That way #ICE can't take the phone or delete them. #Google appeasers can't scrub them for the fascists

i was just thinking whether i should set my phone ready to livestream to #youtube or #substack for protests or if i encounter the #NachoNazis

#FuckICE #Resist #WT7

For years, we’ve been subjected to an endless parade of hyperventilating claims about the Biden administration’s supposed “censorship industrial complex.” We were told, over and over again, that the government was weaponizing its power to silence conservative speech. The evidence for this? Some angry emails from White House staffers that Facebook ignored. That was basically […]