I’m pretty sure you are writing from a device that has most of his fundamental components not made in Europe but the US.
Globalisation has yielded a machine that was produced from all over the world. It’s a 2008 machine. Not sure what point you’re trying to make here but no dime of mine has gone to any PC maker anywhere since 2008. And I believe I can get another 10+ years out of this machine before I have to start using PCs that I have salvaged from curbside dumps.
Removing the possibility for us to use US tech from day one it’s non only impossible but also unnecessary.
Of course it’s necessary. As long as you are dependant on US tech giants, you don’t have ETS.
I know peertube very well, is not a replacement for YouTube.
It’s easily a replacement for content creators. Hence why I said I could not tell if it’s your content. Now that you say it’s not, then indeed options are limited to finding Invidious instances that have not been neutered for saving videos that can be shared outside of YT. Beyond that, we need someone to invent a sharing platform well suited to YT. Something that uses the basic bittorrent design with trackers that key on the video ID.
Globalisation has yielded a machine that was produced from all over the world. It’s a 2008 machine.
Mine too.
Not sure what point you’re trying to make here
The dependency of Europe on the US, especially in the tech sector, is endemic. There is no easy and quick fix for this. Whoever told you that was feeding you bullshit. Think about it: we can’t make microchips, and most of the IT and media production we watch is made by US companies and therefore under the control of the US. We need to make compromises on our initial efforts, or we risk pushing a lot of people away from this cause. And people have to be free to follow their own pace.
As long as you are dependant on US tech giants, you don’t have ETS.
I totally agree with you in this.
It’s easily a replacement for content creators.
Not sure about that. Do you use PeerTube?
I’m using GrayJay as a YouTube client. It might not be for you, but it works for me. It has resolved most of my issues with using YouTube (I was also a Premium subscriber). You can also use it for other platforms, including PeerTube. Clients like GrayJay can help the PeerTube cause by making people discover creators on those platforms too and making the transition easier.
Who told me what? What are you talking about? I know my machine was made in 2008 (which came with linux on it from the factory). Or are you objecting to my estimate that I can get 10 more years out of it? No one told me I could get 10 more years out of it. In fact people are shocked that a machine that old still serves me.
You’ve lost track of the thread. Your words:
I’m pretty sure you are writing from a device that has most of his fundamental components not made in Europe but the US.
It does not matter where the components came from on a 2008 machine. In 2008 ETS was not even a concept to me. You cannot retroactively boycott. I wish I could travel back 25 years in time and tell myself before Amazon became the evil that it is today to boycott Amazon. A boycott can only be practiced after you resolve to partake in the boycott. An ethical consumer can only be responsible for maintaining their integrity /after/ committing to boycott.
Think about it: we can’t make microchips, and most of the IT and media production we watch is made by US companies and therefore under the control of the US.
A Dutch company makes the machines that makes chips. That puts Netherlands in many supply chains. Of course gnu linux would have countless contributions from Europe as well.
Not sure about that. Do you use PeerTube?
I don’t produce videos with the exception of 1 video, which I published on PeerTube and not YT. It was trivially easy for me.
Think about it: we can’t make microchips, and most of the IT and media production we watch is made by US companies and therefore under the control of the US.
Globalisation has yielded a machine that was produced from all over the world. It’s a 2008 machine. Not sure what point you’re trying to make here but no dime of mine has gone to any PC maker anywhere since 2008. And I believe I can get another 10+ years out of this machine before I have to start using PCs that I have salvaged from curbside dumps.
Of course it’s necessary. As long as you are dependant on US tech giants, you don’t have ETS.
It’s easily a replacement for content creators. Hence why I said I could not tell if it’s your content. Now that you say it’s not, then indeed options are limited to finding Invidious instances that have not been neutered for saving videos that can be shared outside of YT. Beyond that, we need someone to invent a sharing platform well suited to YT. Something that uses the basic bittorrent design with trackers that key on the video ID.
Hi, didn’t login for quite a while.
Mine too.
The dependency of Europe on the US, especially in the tech sector, is endemic. There is no easy and quick fix for this. Whoever told you that was feeding you bullshit. Think about it: we can’t make microchips, and most of the IT and media production we watch is made by US companies and therefore under the control of the US. We need to make compromises on our initial efforts, or we risk pushing a lot of people away from this cause. And people have to be free to follow their own pace.
I totally agree with you in this.
Not sure about that. Do you use PeerTube?
I’m using GrayJay as a YouTube client. It might not be for you, but it works for me. It has resolved most of my issues with using YouTube (I was also a Premium subscriber). You can also use it for other platforms, including PeerTube. Clients like GrayJay can help the PeerTube cause by making people discover creators on those platforms too and making the transition easier.
Who told me what? What are you talking about? I know my machine was made in 2008 (which came with linux on it from the factory). Or are you objecting to my estimate that I can get 10 more years out of it? No one told me I could get 10 more years out of it. In fact people are shocked that a machine that old still serves me.
You’ve lost track of the thread. Your words:
It does not matter where the components came from on a 2008 machine. In 2008 ETS was not even a concept to me. You cannot retroactively boycott. I wish I could travel back 25 years in time and tell myself before Amazon became the evil that it is today to boycott Amazon. A boycott can only be practiced after you resolve to partake in the boycott. An ethical consumer can only be responsible for maintaining their integrity /after/ committing to boycott.
A Dutch company makes the machines that makes chips. That puts Netherlands in many supply chains. Of course gnu linux would have countless contributions from Europe as well.
I don’t produce videos with the exception of 1 video, which I published on PeerTube and not YT. It was trivially easy for me.