The Retention Economy: Kept at All Costs
· 18 min read · 11 sources
A recommendation feed is not trying to entertain you. It is trying to keep you watching, and it drifts towards whatever version of you is easiest to hold on to.
Surveillance Capitalism
Commercial data exploitation, behavioural tracking, ad-tech ecosystems, and how free services monetise personal information.
What Surveillance Means to Me
· 13 min read · 5 sources
I am not against all surveillance; CCTV recording crimes provides accountability. What I oppose is mass tracking, profiling and systems that judge us blindly.
VPNs Are a Symptom, Not a Feature: Why the Internet Is Broken
· 12 min read · 6 sources
VPNs solve real problems, but needing them signals deeper failures. We use them to patch insecure networks, surveillance capitalism, and artificial access barriers.
You Are the Product: Two Decades of Giving up Data Control
· 11 min read · 4 sources
Twenty years of digital convenience built detailed profiles of our health, finances and relationships, then sold them to advertisers and governments on request.