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self checkouts facilitate logging your purchase data, imcluding your biometrics and facial data.

The shop is not paying me enough to do their job. Plus I never agreed to do any of it.

I use cash, go to cashier or kiosk every time or leave shopping items behind if closed as matter of principle…

Vote everyday with:

. your choice

. your feet

. your wallet

What we can do:

. Stop contributing to our collective demise by avoiding companies / groups that are enforcing slavery ( i.e.: Reddit, blackrock group, CCP, etc…)

. Vote everyday with your choices ( wallet, travel, etc…)

. Lead by example: Make excellence an habit!

. Support Free & Open Source Software which is privacy respecting

A Call for a Freer Web

Aaron Swartz’s legacy is a stark reminder of the ongoing battle for information freedom. His story indicts legal systems that can be weaponized and highlights the corporate enclosure of the digital commons.

Key Takeaways:

• The CFAA can be a tool for disproportionate prosecution and intimidation.
• Corporate imperatives can transform open platforms into controlled, monetized spaces.
• The “transfer” of concern was one of control and vision, not physical assets.
• Algorithmic curation can subtly shape discourse and limit exposure to diverse views

Swartz’s life compels us to critically interrogate the forces shaping our online world. We must advocate for digital infrastructure as a public utility, renew commitment to information freedom, and collectively imagine and build digital spaces for authentic democratic participation, transcending the logic of profit and control.

Full text

https://www.ajarnspencer.com/investigating-the-death-of-aaron-swartz-the-corporate-capture-of-the-digital-commons/

Reddit died long ago with Aaron Swartz murder.

https://www.ajarnspencer.com/investigating-the-death-of-aaron-swartz-the-corporate-capture-of-the-digital-commons/

Great News!

Nobody should use or support anything Meta. As a matter if principle.