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Freedom is an empty word as soon as your digital existence depends on Big Tech.

Ingrid De Bock
Ingrid De Bock
·May 6, 2026 · 13:37·
Freedom is an empty word as soon as your digital existence depends on Big Tech.

Freedom is an empty word as soon as your digital existence relies on Big Tech.

Freedom is an empty word once your digital existence depends on Big Tech.

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Als een paar Amerikaanse bedrijven bepalen hoe jij inlogt, communiceert, opslaat, verifieert en zichtbaar blijft, dan bezit jij jouw digitale leven niet. 

Then you use it temporarily, under the conditions of others. That is not neutral progress. That is concentrated power with a friendly interface.

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Most people only notice this when coverage disappears, access is restricted, or the rules of the game suddenly change.

But then you're really too late. Whoever owns the infrastructure not only determines the system, but also your room to maneuver within it.

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Precisely for that reason, I do not look at yet another app or yet another platform, but at a fundamentally different model.

What Core Decentralized Technologies is rolling out now strikes at the core:

 

ownership

identity

Privacy and access should be returned to the user themselves, instead of being with a gatekeeper with power.

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Daar zit voor mij de echte breuk.

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When do you still call something freedom, if someone else determines the conditions of your digital existence?

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