"Today may be a good day to declare one's independence from social control media."The world isn't in a good shape. It doesn't matter if you're in "the West" (a vague concept) or in "red China" or in the Russian "federation". Cynicism aside, the current economic system isn't working; it's failing far too many people, who right about now lose the temporary reprieve from mortgage payments and exemptions/deferral when it comes to utility bills. August is going to be really terrible, economic analysts have argued for a couple of months. Judging by the resurgence in number of COVID-19 cases in the US, another shut-down is potentially imminent. We say "potentially" because with the most irrational president in the world (bar Putin perhaps) anything is possible. It's also possible that this year's elections will be called off or delayed, potentially with the declaration of martial law in some form. So much for Independence Day.
Independence has a special meaning when it comes to software. Independence from the clown computing hype. Independence from proprietary software, from 'telemetry' (surveillance embedded in programs), from DRM and all sorts of other nasty things.
Enjoy Independence Day, wherever you may be. Celebrate responsibly if you do.
Today may be a good day to declare one's independence from social control media. Start a blog instead. Advertise an RSS feed. Let's go back to the days Web sites were actually independent. Not de-platforms for and by shareholders of social control media giants. ⬆