A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Why doesn’t it mention the Fediverse at all???

    Seems like they’re advocating using a Fairphone running e/OS, Ecosia as the search engine, LibreWolf as the browser, LibreOffice as the office package, and W for social media?

    • itsmistermoon@piefed.socialEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Yeah, that was my main criticism of the article, it completely omitted social media.

      Also, the author mentions Codeberg as the “developer” of Librewolf, so it seems is not the most tech savvy around.

    • WesternInfidels@feddit.onlineEnglish
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      7 days ago

      The steady exodus from Elon Musk’s X has benefited smaller, independent alternatives such as … German-developed Mastodon

      • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
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        7 days ago

        This is probably a much more efficient “mention of the fediverse” than if the journalist had started trying to explain that there is this federated network of independent social media sites bla bla bla.

        The people reading this are looking for something they can understand. I expect naming Mastodon and leaving it to them to check it out will convert more people than if they started trying to explain what it is.

        I’m a bit weirded out by all the attention given to w-social.eu by mainstream media, though. First of all it doesn’t exist yet, second we have no reason to believe it will actually be decent, third we have good reason to believe it won’t be.