I'm not sure I'm quite ready to use this... Still I like the idea, make some noise and have companies turning to those invasive ads to just pay for nothing. The more users the better I guess.

Clearly a trial to keep an eye on. Some of those internal memos might prove decisive.

Excellent historical perspective on how we ended up with applications filled with annoying interruptions and notifications. It's been done indeed one step at a time and lead to poor UX really.

Those are indeed getting more popular. In a way that's unfortunate, we shouldn't need them so much.

There was indeed another path for social media... Let's hope the Fediverse stay on this course.

Or why the focus on fact checking is doomed to fail. You can't ignore our biases, the social context, and above all the toxic architecture of the big social medias.

Probably one of the most important talks of 39C3. It's a powerful call to action for the European Union to wake up and do the right thing to ensure digital sovereignty for itself and everyone else in the world. The time is definitely right due to the unexpected allies to be found along the way. It'd be a way to turn the currently bad geopolitical landscape into a bunch of positive opportunities.

Such a nice business model... not. There's really a lack of regulation in this space.

I think the title should say "social media" rather than "the Internet". That said, the trend is indeed clear... those big tech companies look more and more like TV broadcaster. So remember you turned off the TV for a reason.

I think I would use something like this.

Interesting, there are definitely some trends benefiting saner alternatives... But are we really seeing the end of the big social media platforms as we know them? Let's wait and see.

This latest ruling from the German supreme court is rather worrying...

This move is really unsurprising... It's bound to become another channel for advertisements to try to cover the costs of running it all.

I have a hard time seeing browser makers truly drop third party cookies without pushing a worse replacement first... Still, it's nice to see the W3C take a stand in the matter.

If you wonder why more websites become confusing... It's not exactly an accident.

I guess more reviews of that book will come out. It looks like Meta and some EU politicians are even more rotten to the core than we ever suspected...

I admit I'm more and more tempted to pay for my search service as well. It's unfortunately not FOSS... But it's not like the alternative are better there either anyway.

The writing was on the wall. This is an unsurprising development but Edge users should know where it's going...

I wish other platforms would go through so much scrutiny. Still it gives a good idea about the mental health issue they collectively represent.

The TV market is really turning into a anti-consumer one.