Creating sustainable and open technologies for humanity

State of the internet

  • No privacy
  • Centralized hosting & services
  • Closed source software

What happens when you text a friend?

1. You type a message or click a selfie and hit send

2. The message is sent across the internet to your friends

3. Your friend looks at the message or selfie

What REALLY happens when you text a friend?

1. You type a message or click a selfie

2. The text is processed by

2. The message is sent across the internet to your friends

3. Your friend looks at the message or selfie

In reality

A gateway that allows millions of people to access services run by a few large corporations

By Ownership (90%)

Google ecosystem

Search, Youtube, GMail, Drive, Photos, etc.

Facebook ecosystem

Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Messenger

Apple ecosystem

iMessages, iCloud, etc.

By Hosting (90%)

Google Cloud Platform

Facebook Servers

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Web Services

Myth #1 - Its my data

  • You don't own or store that data, they do.
  • They can access, use and share your data with others.
  • If somebody hacks it, they own the data too.

<one by one show reddit posts, then a million in one page>

Myth #2 - I use them

  • You are not using these services, the services are using you
  • We humans are just keeping our minds occupied.
  • Back then it was books and television. Now it is social media, streaming, etc.
  • Nothing wrong in entertainment, but it's not really giving people happiness

Myth #3 - Good intentions

  • The people who created these companies have lost control long back.
  • Majority stocks are owned by investors making decisions that will make them more money.

Myth #4 - Green Environment

  • Power consumption of datacenters and mining farms
  • Heavy metal mining and production industry toxicity, electricity

In reality

A gateway that allows millions of people to access services run by a few large corporations

By Ownership (90%)

Google ecosystem

Search, Youtube, GMail, Drive, Photos, etc.

Facebook ecosystem

Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Messenger

Apple ecosystem

iMessages, iCloud, etc.

By Hosting (90%)

Google Cloud Platform

Facebook Servers

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Web Services

What would we have done without these

  • Basically we would be just fine
  • Technology has only made it much  worse
    • For people's happiness
    • For the environment
    • Economic equality

Powerful tool, but in monkeys' hands

  • With great power comes great responsibility

What if this continues?

  • China type dystopian surveillence - 1954

But, we can change this

  • Thankfully people are waking up

There is more we need to do

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