#walled-gardens — Public Fediverse posts

ICYMI: Most advertisers see AI gains only in walled gardens, Taboola study finds: Taboola survey of 200 senior marketers finds 76% see meaningful performance gains from agentic AI tools, but only within search and social, not the open web. https://ppc.land/most-advertisers-see-ai-gains-only-in-walled-gardens-taboola-study-finds/ #AI #DigitalMarketing #MarketingTrends #AdTech #WalledGardens

Ah yes, the groundbreaking news we've all been waiting for: a DIY watch that *gasp* won't disintegrate in a light drizzle! ☔️ Because who wouldn't want to sport a clunky, homemade wrist brick just to avoid the evil clutches of "walled gardens"? 🙄 Welcome to the future, where tech innovation means reinventing the #Casio. 🚀
https://www.hackster.io/news/a-diy-watch-you-can-actually-wear-8f91c2dac682 #DIYWatch #TechInnovation #Reinvented #FutureGadgets #WalledGardens #HackerNews #ngated

Newsletter ad spending surged 40% as brands flee walled gardens: Paved's 2026 report reveals newsletter publishers earned 30% more revenue while 64% of marketers adopted the channel, signaling fundamental shift beyond experimental budgets. https://ppc.land/newsletter-ad-spending-surged-40-as-brands-flee-walled-gardens/ #NewsletterMarketing #AdSpending #DigitalMarketing #MarketingTrends #WalledGardens

This project freeing Airpods from their walled garden might be one of the ones I'm looking forward to seeing succeed the most. I dispose #walledgardens for consumer hardware. Boss open sourcing their old speakers when they discontinued them might be one of the best trend starters I've seen in years.

https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods

This Changes Everything: Unpacking the Sora/Disney Deal www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6FT0B… (interesting take) #AI #Sora #Disney #WalledGardens

Today I'm running Madness on Geneva Lake, a #CoC adventure to celebrate the 50th anniversary of #Chaosium (founded 31 October 1975).

There are some editorial problems with the book. In particular, the stats for Dr. King are missing.

In the past, I would have searched #forums for errata or to see if other players had filled in the blanks. But today all such discussions take place in #walledgardens like #Discord which are not #indexed or #searchable.

I guess I'll just wing it.

🍏📢 #Apple, the benevolent overlord of walled gardens, throws a tantrum demanding the #EU repeal a #law daring to promote #competition. Because who wouldn't want to live in a world dominated by a single fruit company? 🙃🔒
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/apple-demands-eu-repeal-the-digital-markets-act/ #WalledGardens #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

https://elenarossini.com/2025/07/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-210-viva-foss/

There has never been a better time to join the world of Free Open Source Software or begin self-hosting essential digital services.

Some recent news that made me feel grateful for my forays into self-hosting:

1. The software Pocket, which made it easy to save, organize and read later articles in a really elegant interface shuts down this year. Another fantastic app/service to add to Mozilla‘s graveyard. Looking at YunoHost‘s app catalog, I noticed several superb alternatives to Pocket that are free, open source, and can be self-hosted, so I am thinking: never again will I give that power to an outside company. Cherry on top: the Pocket archive I requested the other day landed in my email… and the file contains an error, so I cannot download it (expired token even if it didn’t pass the 72 hour threshold they set). I look forward to self-hosting my next “save and read later” bookmark service.
2. The file sharing company WeTransfer was in the news this morning because they recently updated their terms of service, with alarming language, telling users: “You hereby grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable license to use your Content for the purposes of operating, developing, commercializing, and improving the Service or new technologies or services. Such license includes the right to reproduce, distribute, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, broadcast, communicate to the public, publicly display, and perform Content. You will not be entitled to compensation for any use of Content by us under these terms.” News about this spread like wildfire with people saying this language implies content shared via WeTransfer would be used to train AI models. Now, why is this a big deal you may wonder? In my filmmaking / film editing days I would use WeTransfer DAILY to share cuts of my projects. WeTransfer is THE file sharing app for most creatives and film professionals. I used it extensively in May and June to share versions of the Fediverse promo video with my interns. Well, even if WeTransfer backtracks following the backlash, I would never again consider using it. It’s a happy coincidence that last month I set up my own NextCloud instance and I plan on using it to share files from now on. Excellent timing.
3. Tangentially-related, but an article in Engadget today revealed that users of the microblogging platform Threads rarely click on external links. The numbers are pretty shocking: 28 million referral links in 30 days for a platform with allegedly 350 million monthly active users. This is precisely why I love the Fediverse: external links are never downranked because there are no algorithms. Writers and content creators have far higher engagement with their audience because of chronological feeds and more genuine relationships.

On my to do list for the fall: looking into taking full advantage of NextCloud‘s ecosystem because this software is incredibly sophisticated… the FOSS equivalent of a Swiss Army knife.

For those curious about it, here is their official website with documentation: https://nextcloud.com

Onwards and upwards!

Elena

#BigTech #fediverse #foss #freeOpenSourceSoftware #Meta #micro #mySoCalledSudoLife #NextCloud #Pocket #selfHosting #Threads #walledGardens #WeTransfer #yunohost

The blog requires a #github login so can't comment on the post itself. Damn #WalledGardens

"In this episode of the #FediverseFiles (2024), ‪‪@docpop‬ talks with @bart Decrem, the co-creator of #Mammoth, an #opensource #Mastodonapp for iOS.

Doc and Bart discuss how the #walledgardens of the present are finally getting some real competition from a better, and more open social web. A return to the original promise of the web. That anyone can find a home, their own place on the internet, and connect with whomever they want without getting trapped within a single platform thanks to open protocols like #ActivityPub and open platforms like Mastodon. Whether it’s through a newsletter, a podcast or a publisher’s website, Bart’s goal is to get a million websites and a hundred million people onto #thefediverse."

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1JKszCKZxqQ

"The Appstore killed the Website Star"
https://www.technollama.co.uk/the-appstore-killed-the-website-star
#Centrality #WalledGardens #Web2.0
#Internet #Browsers #Capitalism

Cmon agencies... This is not how you post emergency/wildfire info. 🙄

"This content isn't available right now. When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted."

#gripes #publicsafety #walledgardens

Walled Gardens Can Kill

https://aneesiqbal.ai/2025-04-18-walled-gardens-can-kill

#HackerNews #WalledGardens #WalledGardenEffect #DigitalEcosystems #TechEthics #OnlinePrivacy

I hear people are doing a surprise-pikachu about Discord's new ad push?
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/discord-heightens-ad-focus-by-introducing-video-ads-to-mobile-apps-in-june/

Truly surprising that a *checks notes* proprietary, centralized, VC-funded platform started enshittifying the moment it gained enough market share to make it very difficult for people to flow elsewhere. 🤯

Nobody saw that coming! :blobcat0_0:

:blobcatcoffee:

#Discord #WalledGardens

I joined a discussion group involved in open source intelligence. [1] Because I often see links to walled gardens like X and the like in those discussions, I asked what is considered an **open source** write-up for this community?

First answer from an active member, "Anything that any normal person could access is what we call open source.

So a tweet is open source because anyone can make a twitter account in 20 seconds."

I'm afraid I got excited with some journalistic work of the group too early. 🥲

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_intelligence

#OpenSource #osint #OpenKnowledge #X #walledgardens #journalism

Let’s knock down social media’s walled gardens, by Tim Berners-Lee (@timbl)
https://archive.is/2025.03.16-120407/https://www.ft.com/content/79d2d19a-08df-48fc-9a6f-a9dbef58f642#:~:text=Changing%20the%20algorithm,regulation%20around%20this

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#socialmedia #walledgardens #bigtech #regulation #government

“The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.” Here’s yet another brilliant feature by @Daojoan. “The fediverse won’t succeed just because it’s better. It will succeed if and only if people choose it. If they reject the idea that being trapped in someone else’s ecosystem is just the cost of existing online. If they stop believing that “free” means surrendering ownership of your own connections, your own history, your own data. If they see that the internet wasn’t built to be a factory for engagement metrics and AI-generated content farms. It was built to connect us, not silo us to pad a wealth-extremist’s bank account,” she writes.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #DigitalSovereignty #JoanWestenberg #OpenSocialWeb #WalledGardens #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Amazon stellt Android-App-Store für Drittanbieter ein
Der Amazon Appstore für Android wird ab dem 20. August 2025 nicht mehr verfügbar sein. Nutzer haben bis zu diesem Datum Zeit, ihre Apps zu verwenden oder auf Alternativen umzusteigen. Auch das Coins-Programm für
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/amazon-stellt-android-app-store-fuer-drittanbieter-ein/
#News #Tellerrand #AmazonAppstore #Android #Apps #CoinsProgramm #EU #FireTablet #FireTV #GooglePlayStore #WalledGardens #Wettbewerb

@netzpolitik_feed Von einem walled garden in den anderen. #walledgarden #walledgardens

Good morning #HiveMind Any good recent pieces on #Enshittification and/or dodgy #DataPrivacy at #LinkedIn that I should know about?

Context: yesterday I was at a talk by a Chief Scientist at a large government Department who said several times that they wanted to hear from the community and the best way was LinkedIn. No second best way was offered.

Discharging governance responsibilities exclusively via #WalledGardens seems deeply problematic to me on many levels.

I'm trying, world, I really am. I love my little Lenovo Linux laptop. I'd spend 99% of my time on it.

If I could talk to iMessages.

The messaging platform my entire family uses.

But other than a sort of remote desktop model or setting up my mac to be available via a proxy, there doesn't seem to be an option.

Wail. Woe. Whine.

#apple #ios #linux #messaging #walledgardens

Those big, convenient platforms with easy access and shiny interfaces aren't as nice as you may think.

Not only do they trap you inside, they also actively stifle your urge to explore; you get used to sitting back and having "relevant content" handed to you on a silver platter.

These walled gardens are poison!

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-internet-is-shrinking/

#BigTech #WalledGardens

Who owns your social media accounts? If you're on X, Elon Musk argues that it's the platform. In an objection filed on Monday, lawyers argued that its terms of service (TOS) prevent former Infowars owner Alex Jones' accounts from being sold off without X's approval. Jones' assets are being liquidated to pay the families of Sandy Hook victims after they won a defamation case against him. Satirical site The Onion purchased Infowars with social media accounts forming part of the deal. X's team wrote in Monday's objection: “The Trustee now seeks to contravene X Corp.’s TOS by improperly selling or otherwise transferring the X Accounts (which neither Jones nor his bankruptcy estate own) to a third party." Here's more from @TheHill.

https://flip.it/vgrWfz

#Tech #Technology #Twitter #SocialMedia #OpenSocialWeb #WalledGardens #ElonMusk #Infowars #TheOnion #AlexJones

Who do you think @mike should interview next year? We're all ears 👂

#Fediverse #DotSocial #Federation #ActivityPub #Podcast #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #SocialWeb #WalledGardens #Threads #Bluesky

We also cut up some YouTube Shorts for newbies: Here's a playlist that includes @Gargron, @jay.bsky.team, @johnonolan, @molly0xfff and @ben.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxOZLwweDAo&list=PLtZ3QXAltC7wdAaUkwlLqvZkVELsJ2fdq

#Fediverse #DotSocial #Federation #ActivityPub #Podcast #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #WalledGardens #Threads #Bluesky #YouTubeShorts