> I think it is essential to grapple with the question of digital freedom in a world where the vast majority of corporations are turning explicitly political and not afraid to control the flow of information and human connection in favor of their political and ideological preferences.
This is so important! I have started using an overlay network (ZeroTier) with self-hosted apps in order to avoid depending on these companies, and their constant scraping of our data. It's a long process, as we've become enormously dependent on these popular, interconnected tools. I may never fully get rid of my Gmail account.
> I think it is essential to grapple with the question of digital freedom in a world where the vast majority of corporations are turning explicitly political and not afraid to control the flow of information and human connection in favor of their political and ideological preferences.
This is so important! I have started using an overlay network (ZeroTier) with self-hosted apps in order to avoid depending on these companies, and their constant scraping of our data. It's a long process, as we've become enormously dependent on these popular, interconnected tools. I may never fully get rid of my Gmail account.