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