By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/09/2026I've been trying this out for six years now, and I think it's a winner. But it was only a month or two ago that I realized there was a way in which the use of "property" can also be used to undermine the bullying, censorship and extraction of corporations wielding their IP. 150
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/09/2026Property rights may be our state religion, but they are also the *worst* tool for several important jobs that need doing. Think of privacy: the standard for privacy is for you to click through an "agreement" that nominally trade your privacy rights for some product or service. 150
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/09/2026Google spies on you constantly for ad-targeting, you get to see Youtube videos (after watching a bunch of ads). This is a catastrophe.pluralistic.netPluralistic: Workplace “flexibility” isn’t (11 Jul 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 160