Remember, they expect you to…

1. Work in a physical office.
2. Endure longer hours.
3. Receive less compensation.
4. Get laid off on a whim, whether necessary or not.
5. If number four happens, eat a negative termination letter in spite of good performance reviews.

And this is why all of us in technology are fed up with technology *companies*.

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/tech-titans-get-tough-on-workers-6339508/

So #FAANG stands for Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google.

Well.

Facebook is now Meta (and I will conveniently ignore that Google wants to be called Alphabet).

So why not use #MAGAN instead from now on? They all want to have a seat at Trumps dinner table anyway ;)

(And no, please don't say MANGA. Mangas are a wonderful subculture that deserves to be kept out of this, IMHO)

I love open source, and I want young people to know there’s a career path outside of #FAANG. Open source can be financially sustainable—it just gets super hard if one of your key goals is making your investors even richer. #Conversations_im is about the same age as #Matrix. I never took VC funding, and I’m doing fine.

S4E35: It’s a netbook Daniel, how much could it cost, $10 ?!

@daniel is dashboarding all the things, meanwhile, @dave is TestFlighting Audio Reactivity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpERwQyBEnQ

https://www.waitingforreview.com/s4e35

without total control of media publishing, broadcasting, distribution & trading, there are no #techbro American billionaires; and without American #tech #billionaires, there is no American Fascism as we know it today.

if billionaires have no right to exist; neither their #media companies as we know them as #FAANG & corporate media.

to kill American fascism you need to kill American corporate media as it is off and online.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/4/24235958/internet-archive-loses-appeal-ebook-lending

I have a theory that for the last 10 years #faang companies who prefer Code Golf solutions in job interviews means they only end up hiring people who learned to beat the interview, and not actually have software engineering or critical thinking ability.

At the same time the need for infinite growth, which is the only basic model SV understands, had driven profits over being a good landlord on the web.

https://toot.cafe/@slightlyoff/112833989608905813

It's #followfriday time !

Boosts are welcome

@imsnif #rust #zellij author

@chiwawa_42 a French guy loving #gdpr and against #GAFAM #FAANG

@privacybadger #privacy

@iroco an ethical #mail service that cares about your privacy

@doctormo #inkscape master

@alelab #archer fan !

And others :

@nadiaalbelushi

@barnes

If they *can* use your data, they eventually will.

After the NeuralHash controversy with #Apple, I moved to a model where I try to make it impossible for them to use my data. Self-hosting and taking ownership of one's own data while de-clouding and de-FAANGing is less convenient, but it returns you to being the steward of your own digital life.

#google #privacy #data #FAANG #deFAANG

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/01/28/new-details-free-ai-upgrade-for-google-and-samsung-android-users-leaks/

I said this before, but clearly, it needs a stand-alone toot.

#Facebook trying to join the #Fediverse is

...Russia asking to join NATO.

...Exxon asking to join Greenpeace.

...The Big Bad Wolf offering to help you build your wolf-proof house.

This is not rocket surgery.

The whole reason people built the Fediverse was to get away from the #FAANG way of Internetting.

Never let them join our club.