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  1. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “1/ 🍂 September is here, for many, this looks like a big ⌗Microsoft or ⌗Google logo with spreadsheets, documents, presentations․For decades, Microsoft has dominated workplace productivity software․ This dominanc…”

    eupolicy.social/@edri/11722317

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  2. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “Ah yes, let's all gather 'round and revel in the groundbreaking revelation that big companies use․․․ wait for it․․․ a lot of software․ 🎉🤯 The real 'transformation' here is discovering that Benedict Evans thinks statin…”

    mastodon.social/@ngate/1172230

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  3. Out of all my 550+ contacts, I can only see 1 person using 😅
    I hope more people switch to private tools.

  4. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “Since when does the BBC comment on gaming news? Since XBOX can't stop taking the L, I suppose․PS: 30 minutes of cloud playtime per day? Might as well shutter the service altogether․ ⌗XBOX ⌗Gaming ⌗Cloud ⌗V…”

    ieji.de/@adrianmorales/1172205

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  5. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “⌗Ecosia, largest European search engine, introduced a native Linux browser, promising no excessive data collection․Germany 🇩🇪 based Ecosia says the browser is a response to Windows’ shrinking popularity in Europe, wh…”

    social.data.coop/@cryptohagen/

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  6. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “Tomorrow we will be celebrating all the wonderful tech we can use without ⌗bigtech, by sharing tips, experiences & practical recipes on our monthly ⌗DoeiDag in NL! I will be sharing more about ﹫doeidag ﹫berl…”

    mastodon.social/@BjornW/117219

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  7. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “I’m trying to finish reading *The Nerd Reich* by ﹫gilduran before my presentation and workshop about ⌗LeaveX on Friday․ The book seems to be remarkably in line with what I’ll be discussing․I’ve finished the firs…”

    social.vivaldi.net/@everton137

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  8. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “Big Tech is locking features behind subscriptions, tracking data, and adding bloated AI everywhere․Yet, many people hesitate to move to open/decentralized alternatives because 'it's too inconvenient․'At what point does …”

    mastodon.social/@krishna32/117

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  9. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “Your data is their business․ Big tech is always watching👀
    ⌗bigtech ⌗Microsoft ⌗google ⌗meta ⌗privacy ⌗privacymatters”

    privacysafe.social/@digitalhom

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  10. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “⌗music Here's why 1․ We should LISTEN to our elders 2․ Many of us GenZ have already put streaming and downloading music and books on the 'hardly ever' list in favour of ⌗vinyl, ⌗CDs, physical ⌗books, ⌗dumb p…”

    masto.ai/@MusiqueNow/117217740

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  11. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “WNBA commissioner candidates: Who will replace Cathy Engelbert? rawchili․com/5090012/ ⌗AppleTv ⌗ArtsCultureAndEntertainment ⌗BigTech ⌗ColorImage ⌗ConnecticutHuskies ⌗FanaticsFest ⌗horizonta…”

    channels.im/@rawchili/11721692

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  12. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “So much for promising to pay for the needed power infrastructure․ Instead, Microsoft is trying to push the costs of its failed AI business onto consumers and small businesses․
    ⌗AI ⌗microsoft ⌗bigtech
    silic…”

    fosstodon.org/@kdkorte/1172163

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  13. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “New blog post: Anthropic's Outage and the Sound of SilenceWhen major AI players like Anthropic go offline and offer zero explanation, it raises more questions than it answers․ It's a proper piss-take, frankly․ rhodzy․c…”

    mastodon.social/@rhodzy/117216

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  14. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “⌗introduction time! My name is Matt, I'm new to veganism․social, but not new to the ⌗Fediverse․ I first joined in 2018 on a ⌗mastodon instance that's probably gone by now․ I've been leaving and coming back over …”

    veganism.social/@mattwebbdev/1

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  15. 🚀 New #release · minecraft 2026.9.0

    What's Changed
    Enhancements
    • pin gosu, fail closed on BuildTools download, reject zip slip by @lbellows in #4247
    • Stop figura exclude from matching configurable jars by @lbellows in #4261
    Bug Fixes

    Full release notes & setup → selfhost.directory/project/min

    #privacymatters #minecraft #opensource

  16. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “CIA / OSC: The Google Controversy (2008) | Wikileaks[Downloadable files] ⌗BigTech ⌗BugTech ⌗US ⌗tech wikileaks․org/wiki/CIA_OSC_The_Google_Controversy_2008”

    masto.ai/@GM7077/1172144791931

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  17. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “From yesterday․The Register: The search company that plants trees just launched a Linux browser to help Europe battle big tech theregister․com/software/2026/09/04/the-search-company-that-plants-trees-just-launched-a-l…”

    infosec.exchange/@AAKL/1172138

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  18. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “It's a scary thought that individuals or companies might have enough control over our lives to operate entirely outside the law․
    ⌗AI ⌗government ⌗politics ⌗bigtech
    theglobeandmail․com/opinion/article-b…”

    fosstodon.org/@kdkorte/1172138

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  19. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “Falling Al token prices (-29%) aren't a crisis, but
    software efficiency driving usage (+47%)․
    Widening credit spreads (163․6 bps) don't signal default risk-they reflect massive bond issuance to fund the AI CapEx Trap an…”

    mastodon.social/@2k_115/117213

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  20. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “As God is my witness, when I am no longer required by an employer to do so, I will not use google or microsoft products and services! I will tend to the ⌗garden, make things out of wood, read books, and live in ⌗bi…”

    urbanists.social/@nashvilleguy

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  21. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “Funny how AI companies have managed to establish the magical star-emoji as the common symbol for AI stuff․․․ rather than the cold, lifeless robot emoji․ 🤖 🪄 ⌗ai ⌗bigtech”

    mas.to/@tagirijus/117213020722

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  22. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “A US court ruling aggravates Brussels’ Google problem․A year ago the European Commission said only a breakup would fix Google’s ad tech business․ A US judge disagreed․ mediafaro․org/article/20260904-a-us-court-ruling-a…”

    mastodon.mediafaro.org/@mf_ana

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  23. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “US court ruling aggravates Brussels’ Google problem politico․eu/article/us-court-ruling-aggravates-brussels-google-problem/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication ⌗CompetitionandIndustrial…”

    social.espeweb.net/objects/24a

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  24. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “The cost of inaction is clear: more money for Google, less competition, less innovation and more power concentrated in the hands of Big Tech․EU competition rules only matter if they are enforced — and they must apply to…”

    mastodon.social/@PeopleVsBigTe

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  25. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “The conduct of ⌗google ⌗apple ⌗meta and ⌗amazon (amongst others) in Australia is considered unfair business practice and unconscionable conduct․You can't opt-out, you can't avoid their mass ⌗surveillan…”

    mastodon.world/@ami/1172118114

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  26. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “The cost of inaction is clear: more money for Google, less competition, less innovation and more power concentrated in the hands of Big Tech․EU competition rules only matter if they are enforced — and they must apply to…”

    mastodon.social/@PeopleVsBigTe

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  27. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England | Water | The Guardian
    theguardian․com/environment/2026/sep/04/revealed-how-companies-secretly-use-billions-of-litres-o…”

    masto.ai/@Miro_Collas/11721136

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  28. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “europesays․com/people/213632/ John Ternus Becomes Apple CEO as Tim Cook Moves to Executive Chair ⌗apple ⌗AppleBoardOfDirectors ⌗AppleEmployees ⌗ArthurLevinson ⌗BigTech ⌗CEOSuccession ⌗Corpora…”

    pubeurope.com/@people/11720868

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  29. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “Only 15 hours of cloud play per month with the highest tier of Gamepass? The other tiers might as well not exist․ It's all so ridiculous, so pointless․ Boosteroid, for instance, has NO time limits whatsoever․Microslop s…”

    ieji.de/@adrianmorales/1172086

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  30. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “Keep the Internet freeWe are not terrorists․ Autistici․org is an infrastructure of dissent! ‚On August 26, 2026, the United States placed the Italian collective Autistici/Inventati on its terrorism sanctions list, accus…”

    todon.eu/@autonomysolidarity/1

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  31. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “Xbox admitted it loses money every time someone streams Fortnite, then made that your problem․ Ultimate's had unlimited cloud since 2020 — gone in November, capped to 15 hours․ Steam Deck owners with no other way to pla…”

    ppb.social/@ppb1701/1172084953

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  32. 🚀 New #release · xpipe-webtop 24.0

    Important migration notice
    Up until now, XPipe updates have automatically migrated data and supported legacy vaults since XPipe v1.0. Since then, quite a few issues have accumulated, so it is best action to fix those all at once. This will result in some incompatibilities and migration limitations when upg…

    Details, install & alternatives → selfhost.directory/project/xpi

    #privacymatters #xpipewebtop #sync #git #docker

  33. 🚀 New #release · xpipe-webtop 24.0

    Important migration notice
    Up until now, XPipe updates have automatically migrated data and supported legacy vaults since XPipe v1.0. Since then, quite a few issues have accumulated, so it is best action to fix those all at once. This will result in some incompatibilities and migration limitations when upg…

    Details, install & alternatives → selfhost.directory/project/xpi

    #privacymatters #xpipewebtop #sync #git #docker

  34. 🚀 New #release · xpipe-webtop 24.0

    Important migration notice
    Up until now, XPipe updates have automatically migrated data and supported legacy vaults since XPipe v1.0. Since then, quite a few issues have accumulated, so it is best action to fix those all at once. This will result in some incompatibilities and migration limitations when upg…

    Details, install & alternatives → selfhost.directory/project/xpi

    #privacymatters #xpipewebtop #sync #git #docker

  35. 🚀 New #release · xpipe-webtop 24.0

    Important migration notice
    Up until now, XPipe updates have automatically migrated data and supported legacy vaults since XPipe v1.0. Since then, quite a few issues have accumulated, so it is best action to fix those all at once. This will result in some incompatibilities and migration limitations when upg…

    Details, install & alternatives → selfhost.directory/project/xpi

    #privacymatters #xpipewebtop #sync #git #docker

  36. 🚀 New #release · xpipe-webtop 24.0

    Important migration notice
    Up until now, XPipe updates have automatically migrated data and supported legacy vaults since XPipe v1.0. Since then, quite a few issues have accumulated, so it is best action to fix those all at once. This will result in some incompatibilities and migration limitations when upg…

    Details, install & alternatives → selfhost.directory/project/xpi

    #privacymatters #xpipewebtop #sync #git #docker

  37. 🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters

    “The Frog-Frying Pan:


    The Cooking Immersion of Big Tech, Transhumanism & AI Intro by John R․ Houk, Blog EditorIntro © September 3, 2026If you’ve read past posts you probably know I’m not a fan of (typically Globalist…”

    oneway2day.wordpress.com/2026/

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