Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
38971 followers · 36069 posts · Server mamot.frTheorists like @aramsinn described this as #configurability - the ability of end-users (aided by tinkerers, SMEs and co-ops) to modify the services they used to suit their own needs:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vk8c2
Arguably the most successful configurability story is #AdBlocking, which @dsearls calls "the biggest boycott in human history." Billions of end-users of the web have twiddled their browsers so that they aren't tracked by #AdTech and don't see ads:
https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2015/09/28/beyond-ad-blocking-the-biggest-boycott-in-human-history/
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#configurability #adblocking #adtech
Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
38654 followers · 35670 posts · Server mamot.fr
Twiddler: Configurability for Me, But Not For Thee
https://doctorow.medium.com/twiddler-1b5c9690cce6
#platformEconomics #enshittiffication #critihype #freedomOfExit #Fediverse #Mastodon #Twitter #configurability #monopoly #BigTech
#platformeconomics #enshittiffication #CritiHype #freedomofexit #fediverse #mastodon #twitter #configurability #monopoly #bigtech
Tim J · @timtfj
75 followers · 384 posts · Server mastodon.social
Honestly, virtually *everything* here is more advanced than on the #birdsite. Everything. All configurable.
#birdsite #lists #twittermigration #configurability