@aral @nicolasvivant who are those big tech? I tried to find, but it's not very visible.

@dolanor @nicolasvivant More info here: https://cybernews.com/tech/europe-social-media-w/

@normjess@tech.lgbt @aral@mastodon.ar.al For some people, the problem with hypercapitalist American Surveillance State Big Tech is the American part.

@aral @6d03 @nicolasvivant same here... 100% self supported!

@aral @nicolasvivant That name is so obnoxious, I can't even.

@flesh @normjess Yep.

@aral @nicolasvivant
If it is not built for greed, I dont see it

@aral

Another Bluesky rug pull in the making.

@aral @nicolasvivant

Agreed, and yet... Better dubya than musk/trump

@aral @nicolasvivant I love how they don't know how to configure a webserver (i.e. setup www.wsocial.eu to redirect properly)

@aral @nicolasvivant these guys spin the faults of US big tech into some sort of nationalist, "patriotic" tale about how europe is inherently superior. it's annoying because it's never been a matter of that.

@dcoderlt
A good millionaire is a mythical, imaginary creature that only populate deams and fantasy books.
Isn't more real than pink unicorns or dragons.
@normjess @aral

@normjess@tech.lgbt @aral@mastodon.ar.al I was paraphrasing the joke of "Their problem with Nazi Germany is the Germany part", so pretty much.

@aral @nicolasvivant "Finally, it's *our* turn to be centralizing oligarchs!"

@aral @dolanor @nicolasvivant I got half a paragraph in. It's like every Silicon Valley booster only in the German corporate press release genre.

The first half of the W stands for Values? They've spent more time thinking about their logo than whether what they're doing even makes sense.

@aral @nicolasvivant
they're keen not to mention any fediverse competitor, the only real alternative.

@aral @nicolasvivant But they don't want a federated alternative owned by nobody, they want a government panopticon that they own and control themselves, not some decentralized un-owned un-controlable alternative.

I will not be registering, certainly.

@toon @aral @6d03

I support mine, since I administrate/moderate/pay for it

@ramshackle @aral in Spain's Spanish it's "u-ve do-ble", 4 syllables

@bargo @aral @nicolasvivant The closed platforms all got their key ideas from Usenet, which was federated and predates them all. Threaded conversations like this, for example, are an idea copied from Usenet.