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Freedom Technologies - Privacy Risk VS User Prioritization
The present digital age has witnessed the advent and development of "freedom technologies", also known as "freedom tech". Despite the significant strides in technology, concerns have arisen over the erosion of user privacy and ethical oversight due to private investments. Technology giants such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have tumbled on the delicate balance between raising private investment capital and preserving users' data privacy.

Private Investment - A Dangerous Fall For User Privacy
Focused on expansion and growth, technology companies often seek financing from private investors. However, this seemingly harmless source of capital can paradoxically rise against the fundamental rights of the users of these platforms, the right to privacy. Under the pressure to generate prodigious returns for their insatiable investors, these companies may fall into the temptation to alienate their users' most valuable asset, their data.

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others out of necessity or lack of vision, simply reshaped their business models to prioritize quick and voluminous earnings. They entered a dangerous spiral of selling user data to generate targeted advertising. This is, undoubtedly, a profitable business, but at a dehumanizing cost - the desecration of users' private boundaries.

The Indispensability of Prioritizing the User - The New Ethical Model
Given this bleak scenario, a new approach is crucial for freedom technologies that prioritize the user first, their privacy, and the right to an ethical service. Developers and platforms need to reinvent their business framework, creating ethical financing alternatives.

A viable possibility could be the transformation in the platform's relationship with the user, from a data explorer to a service provider, charging users directly. As opposed to the "free" but predatory model, charging a fee for the use of the platform keeps the model clearly transparent and straightforward concerning privacy.

In addition to being clearly ethical, this model has the potential to provide a solid financial base without resorting to the exploitation of personal data. Furthermore, it creates a safe environment where users can interact without the constant fear of their privacy being invaded for commercial benefits.

Awareness of the importance of digital privacy is increasing, and so is the number of users willing to invest in services that respect their online freedoms. It is in the wake of this trend that freedom technologies should consolidate, fulfilling their ethical promise.

In summary, technology companies need to embrace the duty of social responsibility, recognizing the severe repercussions of depending on private investments that may lead them to compromise users' inviolable privacy. The future of freedom technologies depends on these companies' ability and willingness to offer ethical solutions that protect the user's digital freedoms, transforming them from victims of exploration into valued customers.

Freedom Tech - The New Ethical Model

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What a disgrace is this?

did you read everything?
I'm new here on stackernews, im figuring it out yet.

@Josev's bio

There are things that really infuriate me.
As I mentioned, there are things that truly infuriate me, and this whole soap opera of political manipulation that has been going on for many years but has intensified visibly in the last 3 years has no justification.

How much more do we have to degrade the values of society to realize that we cannot solve the problems if we expect those who created them to solve them? It's more than evident; I would say it's plain to see. Only a fool or someone disinterested wouldn't realize the rot that our so-called pseudo-democratic society is heading towards.

Where have the values that made us build everything beautiful in our society gone? All I see is an unprecedented inversion of values, a lack of understanding of what is right and wrong, a reversal of values regarding what a democracy is and what the role of the state is in it.

What is the state, after all?
The state is us, dammit! The right thing is for the public service and state organs to work to make the citizen's life easier. What is certain is that the tables have turned, and they keep turning every day as new laws are made to undermine the sovereignty of the citizen. The public service should be our employee and not our servant. In practice, the tables have turned, and we are charged more and more taxes to cover the bizarre whims of people who manipulate almost every step of the way behind the scenes.

Since there is no solution within the system...
The best way to solve it is from the grassroots, with an alternative network without an owner/proprietor, just like Nostr, creating bridges between all aspects of society, marketplaces that connect buyers/producers, doctors/patients, etc. The creation of trustless protocols, with almost no need for human intervention, where there is a protocol that guarantees individual sovereignty over their needs, is essential. We can turn things around or have a glimmer of hope if our guiding principles are values and principles. It's crucial to exclude anything that requires KYC or takes away our sovereignty.

Unity is strength, and together we can turn things around.

To the hypocrites who only care about lining their pockets and exploiting the protocols, all of you can go to hell!