Digital Self-Reliance: News & Information

The freedom to share information world wide is what made the internet great. So, why do we allow tech bros, social media, and AI to limit or even control what news and information see. It's time to we rely less on these predatory platforms and curate our own news and information experience with RSS.

https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2026/01/31/digital-self-reliance-news--information/

#tech #technology #rss #indieweb #blogs #blogging #personalsites #news #socialmedia #DigitalSelfReliance #OnlineFreedom #freeweb

Google убивает открытый веб

Chrome планирует отказаться от XSLT и удалить его из браузера

#google #chrome #monopoly #xslt #freeweb

https://habr.com/ru/companies/ruvds/articles/977754/

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/deprecating-xslt?hl=ru

@the_etrain
I feel the same way. But I also feel trapped in a paradox, as I do want people creating quality content to get paid for their work; and I know there are costs to runnning video servers. But I also feel I don't have the money to support them, or pay per video or whatever.
So I want stuff to be free, and that people get paid for their work, and not to get ads. But this trio is inconsistent.

So what's the solution? Would love to hear people's thoughts.

#noads #capitalism #freeweb

👋 I've released a blogging template.

✏️ Meant for writers who don't want complicated setups

✊ Open source alternative to big platforms = you own your blog

❤️ It adheres to principles of resilient web design

It's a WIP and I'd love to hear how I could make it better

https://github.com/the-coded-type/open-blog-revolution

It's built with Astro and loves to use PagesCMS as a backend

#blogging #FreeWeb #IndieBlogging #Astro #PagesCMS

#introduction #introductionFR

(Re)salut Masto ✨
(màj de ma prezz, je suis sur Masto depuis 2018 uwu)

Moi c'est Zorume (prononcé /(d)zoɾɯme/, bref, un minimum à la japonaise), une artiste française agenre, asexuelle, panromantique et polyamoureuse de 29 ans (elle, iel · she/her or they/them).
:flag_agender: :flag_asexual: :flag_pansexual: :flag_polyamory:

Je suis anarchiste :anarchy: et très queer :heart_pride: et actuellement en questionnement sur un très potentiel autisme :blob_cat_eyes_owo:

Ma vie tourne très fort autour du manga One Piece, mais aussi du web libre, de la musique et des envies de cocktail molotov 🔥

C'est assez dur ces dernières années en terme de militantisme pour ma part mais je veux être une hopepunk.

J'étudie la langue et la culture italienne à la fac ✨ mais j'ai aussi fait des études en biologie/écologie et paysagisme.

Je suis une rookie en Roller Derby chez les Auver'Niaks en tant que Black Canary #13 🖤

Leader, chanteuse et bassiste d'un groupe de punk (en formation). Vous en aurez des nouvelles quand y'aura un premier titre :blob_finger_guns:

Fanfolk. Super daydreameuse qui essaie de sortir de sa léthargie. Écrivaine et dessinatrice. Fan de Halflives, Against the Current, YUNGBLUD, ONE OK ROCK, SCANDAL, et bien d'autres. Bidouilleuse de code et exploratrice du small web/web libre. Gueuleuse de manif (va falloir que je me calme là-dessus, rip mes cordes vocales). Éternelle débutante en japonais. Certaine passion pour l'archivage et tenir en vie des fandoms morts. Ancienne RPGiste de forum.

J'ai un autre compte pour mes dessins (voir mon profil).

I speak english. Parlo italiano.

Collection de tags :
#OnePiece #Punk #Rock #RollerDerby #HopePunk #Music #PunkBand #Anarchism #France #Artist #Italy #Japan #SmallWeb #FreeWeb #Antifacist #Language #Queer #Autism #ActuallyAutisticFr #Fanartist #Asexual #Agender #Polyamory #Panromantic

Why I gave the world wide web away for free

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free

#HackerNews #freeweb #internetfreedom #webhistory #openaccess #technologyinnovation

Ipse dixit

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free

#internet #www #freeweb #web #timbernerslee

Warum ich weiter Firefox benutze, auch wenn Mozilla nicht alles richtig macht?
Weil die Browserengine Gecko weiterhin eine, wenn nicht "die" eigenständige, freie Alternative zu Google Chrome/Chromium und Apple Web-Kit ist!

Möglicher Verkauf von Google Chrome: Was bedeutet das für Nutzer?
Chrome basiert zudem auf der Browser-Engine Chromium, einem Open-Source-Projekt, dessen technische Kernfunktionen auch von Browsern wie Microsoft Edge, Opera, Brave und Vivaldi genutzt werden. Durch diese breite Verbreitung kann Google technische Standards im Web stark beeinflussen, was Konkurrenten benachteiligt.
https://www.rnd.de/wirtschaft/moeglicher-verkauf-von-google-chrome-was-bedeutet-das-fuer-nutzer-E5ECCJPYJJFKJC7DWTBSFIWJ5Q.html

#google #chrome #chromium #kartellrecht #datenschutz #freeWeb

Ppl of Mastodon. Please help educate the normies about independent, small tech and self hosting. Not only fancy stuff like docker/VS etc and home servers, but cheap shared webspace online, small CMS, wikis, favourite federated or OS apps, (mine are Masto, Lemmy, Grav, Jekyll, Ghost and others). Introduce them to what is actually out here. Try not to expect total purity! They want to be free, not join a cult 😎😇

#smalltech #smolweb #selfhosting #freeweb #academia #academicchatter

Mobile websites of most online stuff you use are quite great, e.g. Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky, news papers and banks. You don't really need all invasive, notification ridden apps.

#FreeWeb

Wirklich sehr interessanter, lehrreicher wie unterhaltsamer Podcast mit @pluralistic

Understood: Who Broke the Internet?

Webseite der Episode: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews

Mediendatei: https://mgln.ai/e/12/cbc.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_NAKEDEMPEROR_P/media/nakedemperor/nakedemperor-lIEqHISf-20250425.mp3?ttag=season:5

#enshittification #bigtech #freeWeb #podcast #CoryDoctorow

✋ **Un sito senza pubblicità è ancora possibile?**

Abbiamo scelto di non usare ads, trackers o recensioni pilotate. Per parlare di videogiochi in libertà, senza algoritmi che decidono cosa è "contenuto di qualità".

Se ti interessa un approccio diverso:
[pcmegagames.com/...](https://www.pcmegagames.com/2025/04/01/perche-rifiutiamo-la-pubblicita-e-perche-il-web-fa-schifo-cosi/)

#freeweb #gamedev #pcgaming #Bluesky

»Aufruhr in der Türkei–Dutzende für Beiträge in sozialen Netzen festgenommen:
In der Türkei häufen sich Proteste gegen die Festnahme des aussichtsreichsten Konkurrenten von Staatschef Erdoğan. Die Behörden gehen rigide gegen Kritik vor.«

Wenn ihr auch sonst weltweit sehen wollt, wie und wo das Internet zugelassen oder/und geblockt wird, ist @netblocks im Allgemeinen detailliert informatiev.

🕵️ https://www.heise.de/news/Tuerkei-Dutzende-Menschen-wegen-ihrer-Beitraege-in-sozialen-Netzen-festgenommen-10323596.html

#turkei #netblocks #freeweb #internet #web #kritik #protest #politik #erdogan

The early web was a wild, experimental playground. Hand-coded personal websites, bizarre niche forums, and communities driven by passion instead of profit. GeoCities pages, webrings, and weird Flash experiments made the internet feel like an uncharted frontier, where creativity thrived and users had real control.

Now, it's a sanitized, ad-driven wasteland. Social media giants dictate what we see, algorithms push engagement over exploration, and independent sites struggle to survive against walled gardens. The dream of a free and open internet has been swallowed by a handful of companies, turning the once-decentralized web into a corporate-controlled echo chamber.

The open web isn’t dead. It's just buried beneath algorithms and ads. Dig deeper.

#OldInternet #Decentralization #FreeWeb #BigTech #DigitalHistory

Another example of too much power with an American company: Cloudflare deciding which browser you can use to access the 20% of all websites they control

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/cloudflare_blocking_niche_browsers/

#Cloudflare #BigTech #FreeWeb #Digital #tech #EU #DigitalSovereignty

Ich wurde nach einer einfachen und übersichtlichen Erklärung gefragt, "wie #Mastodon funktioniert". Ich habe mal nachgefragt, ob eher die User*innen-Sicht gemeint ist, oder auch technisches, aber ich gebe euch die Frage dennoch schonmal hier weiter. Wenn es was gutes gibt, super. Ansonsten werde ich vielleicht die Tage mal was anfangen zu schreiben dazu.

#Fediverse #Boost #boost4reach #FreeWeb

Talking about hunting trophies in the free as in #freeBeer #freeWeb of the #fediVerse @bitpickup?

I got a clean shot too, of a prominent reshare by @pluralistic .
😇

«Pixelfed im Test – Das kann die Instagram-Alternative:
Der Wandel von Mark Zuckerberg hat viele auf Instagram verärgert. Mit Pixelfed steht eine beachtliche Alternative bereit.»

Das Fedivers wird immer populärer, da viele Meta nun verlassen. Obwohl Mastodon bei den Medien so gut wie nie mehr erwähnt wird bekommt nun das @pixelfed seine Aufmerksamkeit.

📸 https://futurezone.at/apps/app-ios-android-instagram-fediverse-alternative-posts-stories-pixelfed-killer-anleitung-how-to/403002394

#fediverse #pixelfed #instagram #meta #alternative #freeweb #markzuckerberg #opensource #webapp #foto #photo #app

@cobalt123 thx for the links and response @fedipete!

I read and commented on @pluralistic's latest take already. Truly sorry to tell you, but Cory and I defer in the evaluation about the main reasons why people are captive, (actually they only feel that they are captivated) and how to properly react.

So, as I got this for now, "captive userbase" is people that went into a room and are knocking on it's wide open door sobering that they have no other choice than being violated day and night inside that open door prison they feel captivated in.

• Cory considers my position unemphatic, I consider speaking truth to imprisoned minds the first step to enable them to free themselves.
• He considers to speak in favor of investing money to loosen their chains an act of mercy, I consider it an act of improving their chains and making them feeling free in their newly elected open door prison, prolonging and improving the locked in effect.
• He considers it useful and a smart move to speak in favor and putting his name on the line, same as @mmasnick does, investing money to create another open door in the new walled open door prison garden called #bluesky, I prefer to invest every cent to show them that the gate is open and that there are plentiful gardens out there in the free as in freedom #freeWeb called the #fediVerse we build and improve for them every day.

"Captive users" is synonym to self imprisoned masochists who actually love the masters house, their house.
Shall they live happily ever after in their self inflicted imagined algorithmic prison.

btw
I definitely had preferred a simple answer in your own words, I know how to google and search wikipedia, there are lot's of reasons to ask people directly, one without any doubt is: