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@ -8,14 +8,19 @@ choosing free alternatives over proprietary.
* https://alternativeto.net/
* https://switching.software/
## Reasons
This very good article is analyzing why GAFAM is a problem:
* https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59
## Reasons for this workshop
Why?
- we want more people to use decentralized tools for political action
- it makes their activism more effective
- decentralized services are more resilient, don't support the power, and are important for privacy
- decentralized services are more resilient, don't support the monopolies, and are important for privacy
- decentralized services require some extra knowledge
- big tech's monopoly is creating a cyberpunk dystopia
What?
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Tech monopolies gain more and more power
- their means of production are user data
- selling advertisements
- knowledge is power:
- manipulating elections
- mass surveillance
@ -41,11 +47,22 @@ Tech monopolies gain more and more power
- repression
- and we don't know how they can use the data in the future
- most of these services are monopolys; this way they can exploit the data
- network effects: the more users they have, the more they want
- argument: we provide the services for free, users come to us voluntarily
- Segmenting: much easier to find people who are interested than with conventional advertising
- Deception: easier to find people who are easy to deceive, power to withhold information from people
- Domination: monopoly over all sources of information of a person
- Mind Control techniques?
- there are some tricks which manipulate decision making: e.g. auctions, countdowns on purchase websites, "your friends bought this", gameistic addiction tricks
- Not very effective: most people adapt to techniques like that quickly. Only a fraction of people, those who can't adapt, can be manipulated for longer
- network effects + user lock-in: the more users they have, the more they want
stories?
### Bad Examples:
biggest tech companies: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft
eBay, PayPal, Twitter, YouTube (Google), ...
## Decentralized
- But there are alternatives