> be me
> ex-tech support wagie living in the frozen wastes of Canada
> watch news, see surveillance state literally killing people
> get radicalized.mkv
> decide to write a passionate call to arms for the self-hosted community
> "guys, it's not a hobby anymore, it's resistance infrastructure"
> type it out with proper grammar and formatting because I'm not a savage
> post to Lemmy, expect maybe 12 upvotes from fellow nerds
> wake up next day
> 1000+ score
> notifications.exe has crashed
> open comments to see the revolution beginning
> half the thread: "WE RIDE AT DAWN"
> other half: "OP IS A FED TRYING TO HONEYPOT US"
> apparently using bullet points and spellcheck makes you a CIA psyop in 2026
> if it's anyone's psyop it's MY psyop god damnit
> mfw my "evil honeypot" is literally just telling people to use end-to-end encryption that I can't access
> logic 100
> meanwhile, the "privacy absolutists" screech about purity
> I don't have time to argue about command lines vs GUIs
> just want to give normal people parallel tools that actually work for THEM
> realize this is my life now
> the revolution isn't guy fawkes masks and hacking mainframes
> the revolution is breaking down "infrastructure" into tools grandma can actually use
> is this resistance?
> refresh page
> guess I've got my work cut out for me
> maybe.jpeg
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99,9999999999999% of those 1000 people have already forgotten your post, or at least transfered it to their personal cold storage.
There needs to be more FOSS that isn’t geared towards nerds. I want to be able to recommend apps to people and it JustWorks™ without having them even know.
This is why I love the Signal Foundation
I’ve been saying that for years. So many fantastic FOSS applications are obviously made by engineers for engineers.
FUTO’s line of projects seem to follow the same sort of pathway - Grayjay is incredibly easy to use :)
I tried it and YouTube videos didn’t work for some reason. Said I needed to sign in. Never had that issue with NewPipe.
I love FUTO’s products like their keyboard (what I’m typing this reponse on lol) and Immich, but slightly dislike their license for discrimination against commercial use and not copylefting.
Not gonna lie, the line “discrimination against commercial use” just did more to get me to check em out than any of their own promotional material
is this resistance?
It’s doomsday prepping. It’s the IT equivalent of keeping 17 guns in your cottage with your buckets of food.
Useful in some highly specific cases, pointless in most. But if you enjoy doing it, there’s no harm.
Prepping is about surviving the collapse of the system.
Resistance Infrastructure is about replacing the functions of the system so it doesn’t matter if it collapses or not.
I like this. It’s like giving ourselves the tools of power in case the people need to reclaim them.
That’s also why Lemmy has almost stagnated in user numbers for a long time (around 30K).
It’s only now that people are seeking alternatives to US big tech so now we have the alternative that people seek, and people could make fine use of it.
replacing the functions of the system so it doesn’t matter if it collapses or not.
That’s what preppers do too. Providing their own food, water, shelter and security so that they’re not reliant on the system. Hosting your media is really just stockpiling entertainment, like someone else might stockpile food.
I’m not saying it’s a bad thing to do, and it might even be useful in some events.
Nah, preppers don’t grow their on food and do the community organizing required for security, they buy a months worth of food and 13 guns as a form of consumption. 2020 literally had those privileged fucks rioting to go to Applebee’s and get professional haircuts.
Don’t you dare edit this to fix the colorization. It’s perfect.
