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]
MembersBuild-Your-Own Streaming: An Introduction to a Self-Hosted Home Media Stack
A quiet rebellion in home entertainment is teaching people to stream, read, and listen without surrendering ownership.
Twitch Imposes Face Scans for UK Users to Comply With Government’s Censorship Law
A new era of streaming begins where every click demands a face, and privacy becomes the price of admission.
France’s Censors Release Their Favorite Captive
Durov’s freedom to move contrasts with the lingering case that keeps Europe’s battle over digital free speech alive.
Google Softens Planned Android Sideloading Ban but Keeps Developer ID Verification
Google’s nod to openness feels more like a gated entrance than a genuine return to Android’s freewheeling past.
Rumble Takes Aim at Silicon Valley’s Throne With Northern Data Acquisition
Rumble’s Northern Data deal turns its free-speech mission into a full-stack tech play, fusing freedom-based ideology with infrastructure.
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.