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

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

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 · 31 pts · 228d
ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz · 24 pts · 228d (2 replies)

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/

Buffy@libretechni.ca · 4 pts · 227d

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

curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 225d

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.

Greg@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 228d (8 replies)

Hosted on YouTube.

smiletolerantly@awful.systems · 29 pts · 228d (2 replies)

Originally/additionally hosted on media.ccc.de

Greg@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 228d (1 reply)

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 pts · 228d

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 pts · 228d (1 reply)

I fixed it :)

Greg@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 227d

Great job! :D thank you!

DannyMac@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 228d (2 replies)

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 pts · 228d

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

Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 228d

Post both in the main post.