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Inside: The mad king's digital killswitch; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/

"Trump (a man who never met a grievance that was too petty to pursue) orders Tim Cook (a man who never found a boot he wouldn't lick)"

Brutal! 🤣

I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!

Catch me next in #SanFrancisco, #Portland and #Seattle!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

The mad king's digital killswitch: Every accusation is a confession.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115406895458429607

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"Of course, iPhones can (technically) run apps that Apple doesn't want you to run. All you have to do is "jailbreak" your phone and install an independent app store. Just one problem: the US Trade Rep bullied every country in the world into banning jailbreaking, meaning that if Trump (a man who never met a grievance that was too petty to pursue) orders Tim Cook (a man who never found a boot he wouldn't lick) ...

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.. to remove apps from your country's app store, you won't be able to get those apps from anyone else:"

Hey look at this

* Trump’s EV retreat: a huge win for his #1 rival https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/business/trump-ev-retreat-china-nightcap

* Tech Workers Versus Enshittification https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/tech-workers-versus-enshittification/

* Whistle Work https://heidiwaterhouse.com/political-whistle-work/ (h/t Sumana)

* About Cory Doctorow's "Microsoft, Tear Down That Wall!" https://euro-stack.com/blog/2025/10/tear-down-this-wall

* Atlanta’s city-run grocery sees early success, sparking debate over government’s role https://www.foxnews.com/politics/atlantas-city-run-grocery-sees-early-success-sparking-debate-over-governments-role

* How Russell Vought Became Trump’s Shadow President https://www.propublica.org/article/russ-vought-trump-shadow-president-omb

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/atlantas-city-run-grocery-sees-early-success-sparking-debate-over-governments-role

"...critics warn that government-subsidized stores could undercut private small grocers, distort food prices, harm consumer choice and ultimately weaken competition."

Actually, they can't do any of that, because all those are effects that Walmart purposefully does to the maximum extent possible.

#20yrsago Fox shuts down Buffy Hallowe’en musical despite Whedon’s protests Fox shuts down Buffy Hallowe’en musical despite Whedon’s protests https://web.archive.org/web/20051021235310/http://www.counterpulse.org/calendar.shtml#buffy

#20yrsago Norway’s public broadcaster sells out taxpayers to Microsoft https://memex.craphound.com/2005/10/16/norways-public-broadcaster-sells-out-taxpayers-to-microsoft/

#20yrsago Lifehackers profile in NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/magazine/meet-the-life-hackers.html

#20yrsago Pan-European DRM proposal https://dissected web.archive.org/web/20051105035811/http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/NAVSHP/

#20yrsago EFF cracks hidden snitch codes in color laser prints https://w2.eff.org/Privacy/printers/docucolor/

#20yrsago Nielsen’s top-10 blog usability mistakes https://www.nngroup.com/articles/weblog-usability-top-ten-mistakes/

#20yrsago Microsoft employee calls me a communist and a liar and insists that a Microsoft monopoly will be good for Norwayhttps://memex.craphound.com/2005/10/17/msft-employee-cory-is-a-liar-and-a-communist-msft-is-good-for-norway/

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