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A plan for a post-American, enshittification-resistant internet (a speech at 39C3 in Hamburg on Dec 28, 2025) (media.ccc.de)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by DannyMac@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet

https://youtu.be/39jsstmmUUs

EDIT: Swapped the YT link for their website.

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[-] jimi_henrik@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

Video on media.ccc.de

[-] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 week ago

Doctorow wrote a blog post about this. It has the video and a transcription of it, so you can either watch it, read it or both.

https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition

He also has a book on this topic, called Enshittification (I haven't read it, yet). I believe this talk was part of his book tour for the book. You can buy it DRM-free from his webpage: https://craphound.com/shop/

[-] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 days ago

I just read the blog post on pluralistic.net, and wow, that was a good read. So much to unpack, I'm kinda speechless at the moment. Thanks for the link.

[-] Buffy@libretechni.ca 4 points 1 week ago

I didn't know Doctor Who was real I thought he was just from a show.

[-] Greg@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago

Hosted on YouTube.

[-] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 28 points 1 week ago

Originally/additionally hosted on media.ccc.de

[-] Greg@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago

Is ccc.de down or something? I think reuploading video about enshittification to YouTube and posting it to a privacy-focused channel is exactly why we have a risk of losing privacy game.

[-] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 9 points 1 week ago

You do have a point. TBH I only now realized that the video was posted from Doctorow's personal account, and without a link to the "original", which yeah, kinda weird.

The talk itself is still worth it (had the fortune of sitting in the audience), but probably a good idea to use the media.ccc.de link.

[-] DannyMac@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

I fixed it :)

[-] Greg@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

Great job! :D thank you!

[-] DannyMac@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Sorry, that was the only place I knew it existed at the time. The YT algorithm suggested it to me. I did remove the stupid tracking ID from it though.

Would it be bad taste to swap out the link with the one on ccc.de?

[-] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago

I think it is good to link to the original on ccc.de

[-] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

Post both in the main post.

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