People are actually building this stuff. Not much but I built an ML-powered RSS reader with a swipe interface that learns your preferences locally, no feed algorithm, no platform: https://philippdubach.com/posts/rss-swipr-find-your-blogs-li...
Same logic for distribution. My newsletter runs on Cloudflare Workers with zero tracking pixels, costs nothing: https://philippdubach.com/posts/building-a-no-tracking-newsl...
Doctorow is right that opting out of metrics is resistance, but the tools to do it are getting easier every day to build yourself.
Examples of outrageous statements intended for self deplatforming can't be stated on HN, as they would be deplatformed. I'm sure my account will be further restricted for linking to https://plusnigger.com/ as an example of self–deplatforming in software.
One of the problems created by the LLM storm is that open source software, once published, gets stolen and regurgitated by LLMs, minus the copyright notices. As an open source author, how do I go about scratching my itch without contributing to this wholesale theft?
It would be great if I could do something to make my work undigestible, as the article suggests, but your example is unpalatable even for me. What else might serve this purpose?