A very silly minor but accessible thing most people can do is simply downloading their media where they can and enjoying it offline.
If you’re a little bit savvy or interested you can start building a catalogue and library of your consumed media that you can access outside the streamed online world.
From there it isn’t too out of the realm to explore acquiring or supplementing media from various sources, like say torrents.
Share your library with close friends and family, as one might’ve lended a CD or VHS before streaming or general internet access.
Start unsubscribing to media streaming services. Use the same expense to directly fund and donate to content creators, causes, and your own damn self for a change.
Offloading media consumption from centralized, ad driven sources is a normie friendly type of effective action. (Beware the Pipeline!)
You don’t need to trench fiber cables to make a difference—start where you are. Our initial suggestions weren’t about becoming an ISP; they were about reclaiming autonomy in small, actionable ways that scale.
Spin up a Lemmy instance or join one aligned with your values. Learn to self-host something simple, like a blog or email server, and understand the basics of decentralized tools like Matrix. These aren’t just tech experiments—they’re stepping stones toward creating resilient communities outside corporate chokeholds.
If you’re not tech-savvy, contribute by organizing, spreading awareness, or supporting those who build. The goal isn’t perfection; it’s participation. Every small act chips away at the dependency on systems designed to fail us.
What should I do? Like laying my own fiber optic cables to my friends’ and family’s houses? That might be a bit beyond my means and abilities…
A very silly minor but accessible thing most people can do is simply downloading their media where they can and enjoying it offline.
If you’re a little bit savvy or interested you can start building a catalogue and library of your consumed media that you can access outside the streamed online world.
From there it isn’t too out of the realm to explore acquiring or supplementing media from various sources, like say torrents.
Share your library with close friends and family, as one might’ve lended a CD or VHS before streaming or general internet access.
Start unsubscribing to media streaming services. Use the same expense to directly fund and donate to content creators, causes, and your own damn self for a change.
Offloading media consumption from centralized, ad driven sources is a normie friendly type of effective action. (Beware the Pipeline!)
I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about ;)
You don’t need to trench fiber cables to make a difference—start where you are. Our initial suggestions weren’t about becoming an ISP; they were about reclaiming autonomy in small, actionable ways that scale.
Spin up a Lemmy instance or join one aligned with your values. Learn to self-host something simple, like a blog or email server, and understand the basics of decentralized tools like Matrix. These aren’t just tech experiments—they’re stepping stones toward creating resilient communities outside corporate chokeholds.
If you’re not tech-savvy, contribute by organizing, spreading awareness, or supporting those who build. The goal isn’t perfection; it’s participation. Every small act chips away at the dependency on systems designed to fail us.