Rick Findlay
Rick is a Reclaim contributor who's interested in the way censorship and top-down control of social platforms is encouraging a new future of decentralized tech. [email protected]
YouTube Faces Backlash After AI Removes Windows 11 Tutorials for Unsupported PCs
Creators now face an algorithmic judge that deletes their work faster than any human can defend it.
F-Droid Accuses Google of Restricting Sideloading with New Verification Rules
F-Droid warns that Google’s new verification rules could turn Android’s open ecosystem into a gated one controlled by corporate approval.
Google Mislabels Immich, a Rising Self-Hosted Google Photos Alternative, as Dangerous
Google’s automated gatekeepers just reminded everyone how fragile digital independence can be when one company guards the web’s front door.
LaLiga Block Causes Spain Internet Outage and VPN Surge
A football league’s crusade to protect its broadcasts has ended up benching an entire nation’s internet.
GrapheneOS Plans Partnership with Major Android OEM to Expand Beyond Google Pixel Devices
A privacy-first Android is finally stepping outside Google’s hardware shadow.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Opposes Senate Democrats’ Plan to Extend ID Verification to Decentralized Finance
The proposed rules would force open-source coders into the role of financial gatekeepers.
Google Dismisses Privacy Fears Over App ID Policy
Google shrugs off anonymity concerns with a smirk and a shrug, offering little more than vague reassurances.
AltStore PAL Plans Expansion to Japan, Brazil, Australia by 2025, UK in 2026
AltStore’s next act is less about beating Apple and more about building its own internet.
BitChute Launches Revenue Share Program
A bid for independence in an online economy increasingly shaped by platform gatekeepers.
Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Slams French Investigation, Warns of Global Crackdown on Privacy and Free Speech
In a defiant interview, Durov warns that Europe’s push for surveillance risks normalizing the very authoritarianism it claims to fight.
Brave Browser Surpasses 100 Million Monthly Users
Growth like this suggests privacy isn’t niche anymore, it’s mainstream.
Google’s New Developer ID Rule Could Harm F-Droid, Says Open-Source Advocate
A crackdown framed as security could erase one of the last open doors left in the Android world.