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Deshittification

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State of affairs for technology seem bad? But what is being done to change it? And what could be done by you so it changes at least for yourself?

A community to talk about the reversal of enshittification, be it news, actions that could be done, etc.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/60767470

Amazon introduced ads into their line of smart displays. Luckily, hackers have found a way to liberate a few of them.

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[–] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

I have inherited an Amazon Echo (non-show) gen 2. Would love to liberate it. I posted this recently:

How can I not waste an Alexa without feeding Amazon?

Sadly, the non-show Echoes were apparently not liberated. In principle, a display is not needed. I would love to use an Echo as a headless arm-based computer, which could send a window via X11 or wayland.

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

can we start calling them liberators or something instead of hackers? 'they' have done a good job of making that term relate to nefarious actions.