I Cut My Google Search Dependence in Half(hister.org)

20 points by mstef 8 months ago | 6 comments

Google is using AI to censor independent websites like mine(travellemming.com)

91 points by rapnie 1 year ago | 51 comments

How Did the FBI Get Nancy Guthrie's Nest Doorbell Footage?(lifehacker.com)

76 points by daft_pink 8 months ago | 48 comments

When Google paid websites to promote Firefox(leonidasv.com)

195 points by leonidasv 3 years ago | 94 comments

Google Is Killing Retro Dodo and Other Independent Sites(retrododo.com)

31 points by abhinavstarts 2 years ago | 6 comments

"Test your adblocker" websites can harm users and the adblocker ecosystem(brave.com)

34 points by ReadCarlBarks 1 year ago | 19 comments

How we lost communication to entertainment(ploum.net)

651 points by 8organicbits 10 months ago | 365 comments

Blog post by Ploum arguing that online communication tools have been turned into entertainment platforms, eroding genuine communication.

YouTube is a mysterious monopoly(anderegg.ca)

338 points by geerlingguy 1 year ago | 432 comments

Blog post discussing a recent drop in YouTube views reported by creators like Adrian Black and Jeff Geerling, and YouTube's opaque monopoly position.

I've been advocating for RSS support, and you should too(reedybear.bearblog.dev)

381 points by emschwartz 1 year ago | 160 comments

A Bear Blog post in which the author describes advocating for websites to support RSS feeds and urges readers to do the same.

If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing(pluralistic.net)

1007 points by jay_kyburz 2 years ago | 473 comments

Cory Doctorow's Pluralistic blog post arguing that if buying digital media isn't owning it, then piracy isn't stealing.

Google Web Environment Integrity Is the New Microsoft Trusted Computing(neelc.org)

513 points by neelc 3 years ago | 236 comments

Blog post arguing Google's Web Environment Integrity proposal resembles Microsoft's ill-fated Palladium trusted computing initiative and threatens ad blockers.

We are entering a period of overlapping crises(hamishcampbell.com)

60 points by speckx 10 days ago | 63 comments

Blog post by Hamish Campbell on the Open Media Network site arguing that climate breakdown, inequality, tech disruption, war and political instability form overlapping crises.