@_elena Same shit as US big tech, wearing an EU mask…

Which is what I think a lot of this sovereignty hype will boil down to:

A lot of US companies will establish subsidies, that will ”Eurowash” their products. In the background the data access for them stays, and nothing changes. We use the same products under a different name and somebody gets a cut.

Neoliberal corporatism is an ideology, and this is the result. So very few people can even see it.

@_elena also see https://infosec.exchange/@adfichter/116533797319369553

#Wedium #AnotherShadyW #TikTokAlternative

@simonzerafa I think calling Blacksky a clone is too limiting as they do a ton of good and original work from what I can tell. @_elena

@_elena more mess to compost, it's a signal-to-noise issue that makes these people evil... left to themselves they are pointless so not much of a problem.

@hannes99

@_elena

We don't want monetization. That's why we're in the Fediverse. Some people (avoiding name-calling here) want monetization. WSocial is for them.

@_elena

"Its founders have ties with European politicians"

Apparently also including the German data protection representative Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesbeauftragter_f%C3%BCr_den_Datenschutz_und_die_Informationsfreiheit

@hannes99 I'd venture to say that Wedium is FAR shadier because it's not based on an open protocol...

@m4lvin thank you! ️

that was the main goal: use this piece as reference anytime someone brings up W Social and some myths about it

@BjornW thank you Bjorn! It means a lot coming from you ️

I'm now thinking I need to translate this into French as well... there is SO MUCH misinformation about W Social here

@feyter I think they are betting on mandatory age verification in Europe... which would give them a leg up over Eurosky

@_elena true. At least Bluesky/AT Proto is a solid (while US BigTech) basis. And apparently in their entire team is only ONE IT person, thus heavy usage of vibe coding, when you have to build an entire new social media platform (and protocol) from scratch with only one person. The rest of the #Wedium team is marketing, finance and fundraising experts.

@_elena

@Gina 🥰

@_elena Doing the Lord's Work (TM) -- awesome.

@hannes99 yes and they have 125 million dollars in funding by crypto bros (Blockchain Capital and Bain Crypto Capital). Who can beat that?

@_elena we have one of these too! https://gandersocial.ca

@_elena

@mick OMG 🤯

@_elena maybe with all that money they outsourced the development/programming?

@_elena also, BeReal is French