I am writing a post on rise of software that help bring back sanity to the web. Please help me expand the list 😎✨

https://thatshubham.com/blog/2026

#indieweb #distraction #enshittification #technology #internet #socialmedia #adhd #depression #mentalhealth #sysadmin #retro #youtube #facebook #google #firefox #chrome

@gnulinux

Was ist der Digital Independence Day?
Der #DiDay ist eine gemeinsame Initiative vieler Organisationen, Verbände und Institutionen, die von Save Social - Networks For Democracy in Hamburg koordiniert wird. Die Initiative wurde beim letzten Congress von Mark-Uwe Kling (der mit dem Känguru) und Linus Neumann (der vom CCC) angekündigt.
Aktuell wird der DI.DAY von 44 Organisationen unterstützt. Darunter findet man fast alle, die in der Freien Software Szene eine Rolle spielen, wie z. B.: dem CCC, Wikimedia, Mastodon, Ecosia, Nextcloud, der Open Search Foundation, Digitalcourage, dem SUMA e.V., der Digitalen Gesellschaft, Tuta und viele andere.

#Microsoft zu #LibreOffice
#PayPal zu #Wero / @Taler

#Chrome zu #Firefox
#Google zu #Ecosia /
Amazon zum Buchladen
Gmail zu unabhängiger E-Mail
X zu #Mastodon
#WhatsApp zu #Signal

HomeAssistant, Immich, AdGuard, Jellyfin
Ralf schlägt #BigTech-Cloud zu #Nextcloud vor …
… und der Elefant im Raum heisst: #Windows zu #Linux

@marcuwekling
@Tutanota

Really, the only thing you need to know about Google's agentic #AI #Chrome "Auto Browsing" feature is that #Google says YOU are responsible for all actions the agentic AI takes on your behalf.

That's the whole ballgame. Right off the cliff. Don't touch it. Don't use it. Don't get anywhere near it.

A quote from "Animal House" that fits #Google #Chrome "Auto Browse" Agentic AI

Google says YOU are responsible for all actions their agentic #AI tak es on your behalf. So when things go wrong, a classic line from "Animal House" (1978) seems to apply:

Otter to Flounder: "You f*cked up. You trusted us!"

Really, the only thing you need to know about Google's agentic #AI #Chrome "Auto Browsing" feature is that #Google says YOU are responsible for all actions the agentic AI takes on your behalf.

That's the whole ballgame. Right off the cliff. Don't touch it. Don't use it. Don't get anywhere near it.

The topic for my Monday national network radio tech segment is why you should NOT use "agentic #AI" browser features, including the newly announced #Google "Auto Browsing" in #Chrome. To quote Admiral A.: It's a trap!

DO NOT USE GOOGLE CHROME AUTO BROWSE -- ONE SENTENCE EXPLAINS WHY!

#Google is pushing out their #Chrome agentic #Gemini #AI "Auto Browse"
features to some classes of users today. In reported demos, the line:

"You are responsible for Gemini's actions during tasks."

reportedly appears.

That is ALL you need to know to steer clear of this AI nightmare. When Gemini screws up browsing and making decisions for you while feeding all your activity up to Google servers -- Google isn't taking responsibility, IT'S ALL ON YOU. To quote Admiral Ackbar: "It's a trap!"

Frankly, that's the whole ballgame. You really don't need to know any more.

Maybe you're comfortable putting Google's famously confused misinformation machine in the driver's seat with your accounts and your life, but I sure as hell am not.

Because Google wants to "take you for a ride" with this one. In the darkest sense of the phrase.

No thanks, Google. NO THANKS.

I am writing a post on rise of software that help bring back sanity to the web. Please help me expand the list 😎✨

https://thatshubham.com/blog/2026

#indieweb #distraction #enshittification #technology #internet #socialmedia #adhd #depression #mentalhealth #sysadmin #retro #youtube #facebook #google #firefox #chrome

@informapirata@mastodon.uno

> Il problema è che sono i social commerciali ad essere un'alternativa adulterata del #fediverse

No, storicamente è il contrario. I social commerciali piuttosto sono stati l'alternativa al WEB

Il #fediverse è il #web.
Più precisamente, è un'evoluzione diretta del web con cui si integra perfettamente. Basta pensare a come WordPress, che esiste dai tempi di XHTML 1.1 (ben prima di #Google #Chrome, lanciato nel 2008), sia uno degli innumerevoli software che ne fanno parte. O a #NodeBB che esiste dal 2013 ed è letteralmente un forum.

I social commerciali sono sempre stati un surrogato di tutto questo. Il selling point dei gruppi #Facebook era "fatti il tuo forum gratis senza sapere o installare niente" e continuano ad esserlo.

Purtroppo ora che hanno abbindolato miliardi di persone, molti giovani che non hanno mai visto il web possono credere che siano venuti prima.

Ma rimangono surrogati.

a semplici funzionalità che, per architettura o per diffusione, i social commerciali possono avere e il fediverso no

Se non sono realizzabili con un'architettura distribuita, sono intrinsecamente autoritarie: non sono funzionalità, ma difetti.

@elettrona@poliversity.it @antoneej@mastodon.bida.im @fediverso@feddit.it

A great time to remind you all that there's a website, browser addon, and app that can remind you when you are about to use a non-European service and suggest a European alternative:

🌐 https://www.goeuropean.org
🧩 https://www.goeuropean.org/browser-extension
📱 https://www.goeuropean.org/brandsnap-go-european-app

#GoEuropean #Europe #Firefox #Chrome #Vivaldi #Android #iOS

Search on YouTube is at its worst right now. You type "how to make apple pie," and the algorithm gives you three ads, a viral cat short, and a "For You" video about gaming.

It is what @pluralistic rightly calls enshittification.

I spent the last month refactoring the core script for search fixer. Big improvements:
> A new settings UI that doesn't look like an airplane cockpit.
> Anti-Shorts Protocol: Revert shorts to the normal player.
> Fixed the filters for those annoying auto-generated "mixes" that clutter the results.

https://phoennix.gitlab.io/youtubesearchfix/update.html

Reclaim your feed and I hope you give it a try✨🙏

#opensource #enshittification #firefox #chrome #mozilla #browser #youtube #distraction #adhd #mentalhealth #cooking #reading #tumblr #art #design #nature

Search on YouTube is at its worst right now. You type "how to make apple pie," and the algorithm gives you three ads, a viral cat short, and a "For You" video about gaming.

It is what @pluralistic rightly calls enshittification.

I spent the last month refactoring the core script for search fixer. Big improvements:
> A new settings UI that doesn't look like an airplane cockpit.
> Anti-Shorts Protocol: Revert shorts to the normal player.
> Fixed the filters for those annoying auto-generated "mixes" that clutter the results.

https://phoennix.gitlab.io/youtubesearchfix/update.html

Reclaim your feed and I hope you give it a try✨🙏

#opensource #enshittification #firefox #chrome #mozilla #browser #youtube #distraction #adhd #mentalhealth #cooking #reading #tumblr #art #design #nature