While I agree, self hosting is not an option for the average person.
I believe big tech must be forced to work for the consumer interests somehow.
One way could be introducing decentralised alternatives, that present a solid competition.
Comment on YSK about Changing your Profile Picture to Clippy
hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I don’t know if the answer is silent protest profile pics. I think a better solution is more people getting into self hosting and ditching big tech reliance.
pipi1234@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think a better solution is more people getting into self hosting
I think changing your profile picture is a bit more accessible than that
whelk@retrolemmy.com 2 weeks ago
Por que no los dos? I don’t think this is being proposed as an answer that will solve the problem on its own. Set a clippy profile picture, self-host, do whatever else you can as well toward the same goal. No need to restrict all our eggs to a single basket.
fading_person@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
ditching big tech reliance.
This is the real protest!
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“The”?
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Louis Rossman (the guy pushing this) is also running the consumer rights wiki, has made countless videos on board level repair of Mac devices, and just recently offered a $5000 bounty for jailbreaking a smart thermostat that pushed out an update to lock out owners unless they agree to a $100+ subscription. He’s constantly pushing for self hosting and less big tech reliance, has released a number of guides.
This is just a small side piece in the overall strategy.
0xD@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
I think protest profile pics are great :) But in corpo hell they don’t matter.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How dare you, sir?
The solution is to complain for a couple of weeks about a platform ON that platform, get it out of your system, and let it fizzle out without making ANY kind of changes, because people generally have the attention span of a goldfish and commitment of a dieter with a shopping cart full of ice cream.
Never, ever ask people to accept the inconvenience to bring down a tech monopoly because “muh followers!!”