Chris Hayes mentioned RSS (episode of Jan 29, 2025). Podcast tech is built on the RSS foundation. People I respect imagine a scenario where the internet goes back to being more decentralized, and using RSS and mailing lists. This is a future where people get fed up with the Musks, Zuckerbergs, endless bots, and trolls. I'm somewhat prepa…
Chris Hayes mentioned RSS (episode of Jan 29, 2025). Podcast tech is built on the RSS foundation. People I respect imagine a scenario where the internet goes back to being more decentralized, and using RSS and mailing lists. This is a future where people get fed up with the Musks, Zuckerbergs, endless bots, and trolls. I'm somewhat prepared for this scenario, and try to maintain the skills. It's really not that hard for people with much of an IT background. But growing one's network without some exposure from the big boys is a little tough.
Talk of the "Tech Bros" can be a little misleading. There are a lot of people in Tech that *really* understand Freedom. I'm just a little worried they're aging out and/or sitting on the sidelines too much, in the present moment.
I don't know much about Substack. I'd really be interested to see how Apple and Spotify might fold to authoritarian censorship. They are the big enshittifiers, IMO, and Apple, in particular, is a serious chokepoint for podcasts.
It's funny, digital communication and the internet got started as a decentralized thing, and got consolidated. Is there a way back? It's similar to what I'd like to see happen with energy.
Chris Hayes mentioned RSS (episode of Jan 29, 2025). Podcast tech is built on the RSS foundation. People I respect imagine a scenario where the internet goes back to being more decentralized, and using RSS and mailing lists. This is a future where people get fed up with the Musks, Zuckerbergs, endless bots, and trolls. I'm somewhat prepared for this scenario, and try to maintain the skills. It's really not that hard for people with much of an IT background. But growing one's network without some exposure from the big boys is a little tough.
Talk of the "Tech Bros" can be a little misleading. There are a lot of people in Tech that *really* understand Freedom. I'm just a little worried they're aging out and/or sitting on the sidelines too much, in the present moment.
I don't know much about Substack. I'd really be interested to see how Apple and Spotify might fold to authoritarian censorship. They are the big enshittifiers, IMO, and Apple, in particular, is a serious chokepoint for podcasts.
It's funny, digital communication and the internet got started as a decentralized thing, and got consolidated. Is there a way back? It's similar to what I'd like to see happen with energy.