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Aral Balkan<p>That’s so weird… I know so many people who know so many good people who work there.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112525685484114107" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1</span><span class="invisible">12525685484114107</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/PeopleFarmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PeopleFarmers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>capitalism</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>“Meta is now automatically muting all posts that mention PixelFed, so its users can’t read about any alternatives to its services.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@queue@todon.eu/112130436367389679" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.ar.al/@queue@todon.eu</span><span class="invisible">/112130436367389679</span></a></p><p>But I’m confused… Mastodon gGmbH and Meta Platforms, Inc. are besties according to Mastodon gGmbH CEO.¹</p><p>There must be some mistake.</p><p>¹ <a href="https://www.platformer.news/mastodon-interview-eugen-rochko-meta-bluesky-threads-federation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">platformer.news/mastodon-inter</span><span class="invisible">view-eugen-rochko-meta-bluesky-threads-federation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pixelfed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>peopleFarmers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>monopolies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>Folks in Silicon Valley: We’re so glad some poor schmuck created Mastodon on his own dime and time while we were busy making mint festering the Twitters of the world. Isn’t it great? We’re really enjoying it… Now, how do we enclose, exploit, and monetise the shit out of this thing?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>peopleFarmers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/enclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>enclosure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/embraceExtendExtinguish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>embraceExtendExtinguish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ventureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ventureCapital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/vc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>billionaire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/douchebags" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>douchebags</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>Tech Bro Hypocrisy #451: Consent</p><p>“If you make something freely available on the web, we can take it and do whatever we like with it.”</p><p>– Oh, so I can just take your company’s logo and the copy from your site and use it? Download your app and redistribute it?…</p><p>“No, those are protected by trademarks, copyright, and licenses.”</p><p>🤔 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>consent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/techBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>techBros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>peopleFarmers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/optIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>optIn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/optOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>optOut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/trademarks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trademarks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/licenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>licenses</span></a></p>