Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump has brought me to my breaking point with US tech.
I’m going to keep pushing for governments to get serious about digital sovereignty, but in the meantime I’m looking for non-US alternatives — and will have more on what I’ll be using instead soon.
@parismarx this makes a nice pairing:)
https://news.elenarossini.com/this-is-what-resistance-to-the-digital-coup-looks-like/
Thankfully there are so many options now
#ghost to replace substack (like @feed )
#castopod (allows integration with your audience directly via #activitypub and all the podcast listings)
#mastodon (of course bridged to #bluesky and others)
#peertube (for YT mirroring as a bkup, see https://fedihost.co/)
and while you're at it, get away from their payment systems as well
#liberapay #opencollective in additon to #patreon
@_elena has even gone so far as to offer help to anyone who would also like to get away from the #broligarchy by sharing her journey/experience #AdoptAWriter
@lps @parismarx @index is there any popular alternative to Facebook and Instagram?
Mastodon is getting enough people now to be pretty good!
@Tedre123 you might want to check out
- @loops (TikTok alternative)
- @pixelfed (Instagram alternative)
Also have a look at https://fedidb.com/welcome to see what the Fediverse offers for all kinds of interests and use-cases!
@Tedre123 @lps @parismarx @feed
In the Fediverse, the alternatives are
Instagram => Pixelfed
TikTok => Loops
Facebook => Friendica, Hubzilla or Diaspora
Outside the Fediverse, and from private companies, there are Quodari, BeReal and Dailymotion, although they're not always exactly the same thing as Meta's platforms.
@ueeu @lps @parismarx @feed thank you!