From an excellent article by @aral , incredibly dating back to 2014:
"If we want to live in a world where privacy is the default and where we enjoy civil liberties and human rights, we must stop supporting the companies at the heart of corporate surveillance."
This is all still painfully relevant to our time. I highly recommend everyone to read it: https://ar.al/notes/rightscon-or-a-right-con/
@gamingonlinux Honestly who even used steam on a Chromebook? Their not even really but for gaming
cloud gaming is not really the same.
@aral Who honestly trust them anymore?
@aral DuckDuckGo is basically Big Tech advertised as a private search engine.
@starlabssystems What about AMD CPU's ?
@aral Who doesn't since all of Big Tech is toxic these days.
@QubesOS for privacy and gaming?
Wine 10.7 is out now, featuring user fault fd support, float format conversion updates, PDB backend work, and 14 bug fixes.
https://linuxiac.com/wine-10-7-released-with-improved-write-watch-performance/
To those who think that Security = Privacy
https://community.e.foundation/t/some-clarification-regarding-security-vs-privacy-in-e-os/51839
@aral I wish more would understand and be more critical about Big Tech (Surveillance Capitalism) and their practices.
A good time to remind you that free is a lie.
https://ar.al/talks/#free-is-a-lie
#free #SiliconValley #Google #AI #BigTech #bullshit https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/114354341408668876
@elementary for gaming?
@linuxmint for gaming?
Regaining Control!
Those who own your data own you! In this episode, Aral Balkan exposes how billionaire corporations have seized control of the internet, turning us into products, and why reclaiming our digital rights is the fight of our lifetime.
Watch or listen to the full episode wherever your podcast is.
https://youtu.be/Hr3POZzAH-g
@aral
#smalltech #bigtech #democracy #information #algorithm #tech
@novacustom Will it be available to use with other Distros besides Qubes OS on nova custom devices?
Passionate enthusiasts advocate (not an expert) about privacy and data protection online and offline.