If a new business doesn’t have venture capital (and won’t be seeking venture capital) and sells products, not people, it doesn’t have the startup business model (surveillance capitalism). It could still violate your privacy but it has a competitive advantage in not doing so.https://twitter.com/aral/status/980701709709250561 …
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We must differentiate between startups & stayups. Startups are temporary businesses funded to either fail fast or grow rapidly/get sold (exit) to larger a surveillance capitalists like Google or to the public via an IPO. Stayups are sustainable businesses that don’t need an exit.https://twitter.com/aral/status/980702246588567552 …
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We must stop funding startups and start funding stayups instead – because venture capitalists aren’t going to (their model is mired in the exit; they created surveillance capitalism) – especially in the EU and with EU and national taxpayer money.https://twitter.com/aral/status/980704430055182336 …
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And we must have stipulations on EU funding for ethical and sustainable technology companies so we don’t end up as a free research and development department for Silicon Valley surveillance capitalists: …https://twitter.com/aral/status/980705355436044288 …
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1 No equity capital; cannot sell to Google, FB, etc. 2 Free (as in freedom): trust not required; has full algorithmic transparency, can be forked 3 Decentralised: no incentive for vertical scale 4 Interoperable: no lock in See Ethical Design Manifesto: https://ind.ie/ethical-design https://twitter.com/aral/status/980706622954790913 …
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Thank you
@aral. That's exactly why we're building a cooperative: for and from the people. Schluss is turning the data stream on the internet around! So that all internet users are back in control of their own information again. A cooperative is much harder to fund. Help wanted! -
Will look into it; thanks.
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Our website is currently being redeveloped because running a little behind. And on our GitLab only our vision document can be found. For now. More to come soon! I can update you by mail / tel?
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Sure, just DM me or aral@ind.ie
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