Happy Enshittification Day! 💥
July 1, 2023: Reddit cuts off API access, Twitter requires login, Youtube may ban ad-blockers, Meta & Google block news in Canada...
A half-year since Cory Doctorow's seminal thesis on #enshittification, how corporate platforms die (https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys), and every corporate site seems hell bend on its own destruction.
Celebrate #EnshittificationDay by going to [instance address]/about, find the donations link, and make your contribution to open social media!
Other instances you can check out, that are either creatively themed, or have a similar ruleset and Code of Conduct to .art ^.^
https://bytetower.social
https://indiepocalypse.social
https://comicscamp.club
https://fandom.ink
https://comics.town
https://photog.social
https://socel.net (animation)
https://peoplemaking.games
https://gamedev.lgbt
https://writing.exchange
artsio.com
https://jugglers.network
https://booktoot.social (kid lit)
https://sonomu.club (music)
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this is one side of the lab.. trying to figure out better storage for software .. but this is getting there
You realise that Google blocks emails coming from small independent providers, right?
It is really difficult to set up indie email now because of all the roadblocks by the major players.
They are doing everything they can to shut down choice in email.
We can expect exactly the same thing on the Fediverse if major corporations get a foothold.