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A 10y old phone can barely load google, and this is about 100x slowerhttps://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/09/16/a-y-old-phone-can.html
Non à la “taxe Windows” !https://www.halteobsolescence.org/petitions/non-a-la-taxe-windows/
Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’https://www.theverge.com/news/773928/google-open-web-rapid-decline
The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Yearshttps://sigwait.org/~alex/blog/2025/08/25/zw6z4E.html
How to break free of Spotify's algorithm | MIT Technology Reviewhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/16/1096276/spotify-algorithms-music-discovery-ux/
By delivering what people seem to want, has Spotify killed the joy of music discovery?
I am a big consumer of dj sets on Youtube and SoundCloud, and discovered a cool radio in Vienna (created in Croatia), Radio Rudina which I highly recommend. There are known for their cool DJ sets, but their online radio is diverse in terms of music genres. https://www.radiorudina.com/
Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. - Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/tv-industrys-ads-tracking-obsession-is-turning-your-living-room-into-a-store/
More enshittification coming ... Next time I am looking for a TV, I will definitely look for how enshittified each model is
La souveraineté numérique en europe : entretien avec Edemilson Paranáhttps://synthmedia.fr/2025/05/entretiens/leurope-et-le-defi-de-la-souverainete-numerique-entretien-avec-edemilson-parana/
Dans un récent rapport, Edemilson Paranà questionne la souveraineté numérique européenne et les alternatives aux modèles dominants des GAFAM.
Communs numériques et souveraineté : sauver les logiciels libres - La Vie des idéeshttps://laviedesidees.fr/Communs-numeriques-et-souverainete-sauver-les-logiciels-libres
Alors que la souveraineté numérique est de plus en plus associée au potentiel du logiciel libre ou open source, les multinationales et leurs plateformes ont réussi à marginaliser les alternatives communautaires, voire à en épuiser les ressources, avec la complaisance de l'État.
Pluralistic: Which jobs can be replaced with AI? (06 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorowhttps://pluralistic.net/2025/08/06/unmerchantable-substitute-goods/
"I don't think AI can do your job (but I do think an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job). However, there is a class of workers whose jobs can be performed perfectly by AI: workers with bullshit jobs:"
The Enshittification of American Power | WIREDhttps://www.wired.com/story/enshittification-of-american-power/
First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.
without paywall here : https://web.archive.org/web/20250807175732/https://www.wired.com/story/enshittification-of-american-power/
But what if I really want a faster horse? | exotexthttps://rakhim.exotext.com/but-what-if-i-really-want-a-faster-horse
« Tout a changé » : comment Microsoft s'est égaré en seulement trois anshttps://www.frandroid.com/marques/microsoft/2722413_tout-a-change-comment-microsoft-sest-egare-en-seulement-trois-ans
Naviguez en toute sécurité : la CNIL et SNCF Voyageurs se mobilisent pour protéger vos données personnelleshttps://sebsauvage.net/links/?Cmz68Q
Rappel : Si votre entreprise utilise des produits Microsoft (Word, Powerpoint...), ils envoient par défaut vos données à Microsoft, même en ouvrant des documents hors-ligne (.docx, etc.)https://sebsauvage.net/files/articles/Wavestone%20-%20Rapport%20technique%20-%20Analyse%20donn%C3%A9es%20-%20Exp%C3%A9riences%20connect%C3%A9es%20Microsoft%20365%20Apps%20for%20entreprise-1.pdf
via Sebsauvage
L'Europe a besoin d'une souveraineté numérique, et Microsoft vient d'en apporter la preuve. | Tutahttps://tuta.com/fr/blog/digital-sovereignty-europe
Pourquoi les plateformes deviennent toutes "Merdiques" ? - Blasthttps://youtu.be/sLZ62PKQmHc
Blast Info explique très bien le concept d'enshittification ou merdification, terme inventé par Cory Doctorow
The Danish Ministry of Digitalization Is Switching to Linux and LibreOfficehttps://politiken.dk/viden/tech/art10437680/Caroline-Stage-udfaser-Microsoft-i-Digitaliseringsministeriet
And in the meantime, even if some parts of the administration (i.e: "Gendarmerie") are using free software, we are still paying a lot of money to Microsoft and Google ...
Big Trek from Big Techhttps://axbom.com/big-trek/
Goodbye Komoot Team. What We Carried With Ushttps://youtu.be/qLJkK4Wn1HI
I never used Komoot but read great things about it. Following Bending Spoons acquisition, Bending Spoons fired almost the entire staff. This video shows passionate people who built a useful product but were not respected at all ..