Hey friends,
If you have tech skills—and many of you do—look for ways to reach out to your communities and help them de-enshittify their lives, even if it's just a little.
Help them install uBlock Origin. Introduce them to F-Droid. Consider setting up NextCloud or Immich for your family or neighbours. Show them alternatives like DuckDuckGo or Fastmail. If they're on Windows then help move them to Mint¹ or run Win11Debloat². Help them join Mastodon.
Talk to your local library or community centre about running a free session.
One of the impacts of enshittification is that it intentionally keeps people away from even hearing about alternatives. I genuinely feel the place to fix that is on the local level. We keep each other safe.
—
¹ Or whatever Linux distro is most friendly these days.
² https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat?tab=readme-ov-file#win11debloat
Paul Fenwick
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2026-10-12 21:30:34 UTC
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