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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by david_@discuss.tchncs.de to c/enshitification@slrpnk.net

Four levers to fight enshittification:

  • bring back antitrust laws

  • better regulation of tech business

  • tech workers must unionize

  • interoperability is a must (required by law)

(summary by prinlu)

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[-] ManualOverride@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Before we can (and want to) get tech workers to unionize, there needs to be a shift in culture in the tech industry. Right-wing libertarian ideals are very prevalent in tech, especially in Silicon Valley. This has been the case for years and has already greatly influenced tech legislation in the United States and the world. Class solidarity is almost non-existent at a lot of big tech firms.

That being said, there are of course many tech workers who understand the importance of the class struggle and who are ready to organize. I'll add some links to the tech workers coalition and to a podcast which unveils a lot of the hidden politics of the tech industry, tech won't save us.

On another note, interoperability naturally arises from well designed and largely adopted open standards.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

That guy is a gem

[-] hash@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago

Wow bigleagues for Doctorow was not on my bingo card. Check out his talks if you haven't but also don't sleep on his fiction.

[-] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

What is he doing in Youtube? No peertube? I actually cannot reach his video due to anti-Invidious enshitification.

IIRC, someone posted a link to his book here recently and there was some enshitification in the way.

[-] gringoaleatorio@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

For cases like these there is always newpipe (given you're on android)

[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

He mentions mastodon and doesn’t mention that ActivityPub already makes this interoperability possible ?

[-] ManualOverride@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago

He may just talk like that, but I think Doctorow is going through, as comprehensively as his allotted time slot will allow, the talking points he and the host have prepared beforehand. Keeping this in mind and taking into account the audience likely doesn't know what a "protocol" is, I think it's fine that he doesn't mention ActivityPub. Perhaps he mentions it in his book. I'll check it out if it lands in my local library's bookshelves.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago

He covered a lot already for the normie crowd. Also, I think he meant like forcing Facebook to have an open API and allow unrestricted interoperability no matter what "network" an end user is on.

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