Net Neutrality has ended. The ISP's own the access to your site even if you are hosting it yourself.
At least for now, Substack is a good thing to build on. If you have to move later, hopefully your brand (Shawn McLean) will allow people to find you elsewhere. Updating your posts on multiple services like Substack and Facebook and others …
Net Neutrality has ended. The ISP's own the access to your site even if you are hosting it yourself.
At least for now, Substack is a good thing to build on. If you have to move later, hopefully your brand (Shawn McLean) will allow people to find you elsewhere. Updating your posts on multiple services like Substack and Facebook and others may also be a hedge.
I was thinking of developing an app that allowed users to communicate with each other over text messaging versus a website interface. All the messages would be stored on each person's device instead of some website. And when you commented on something, the comment would be texted to your list of members.
In this day and age of inexpensive disk it's probably doable. I have an app now My Info Index that stores information on your device instead of a website, but it does not do any texting. I'd have to learn.
Except that our devices are entirely hackable, and that was no accident. We are under surveillance, ALL of us, ALL the time. The downside of all this web thing.
While that is correct, it is on an individual device basis and illegal. The owner of website owns all the data and can sell it anywhere, and it is legal.
I did not know that Subtack gives us the copyright. That is very significant. Does that mean they cannot use or sell the information without consent?
Google and Microsoft, contractually, own your email. I suspected it would be the same with Facebook, X, and all the others. It's good to know it's not that way with Substack.
A contract is not valid if one party has not agreed to it... Nobody can OWN your email unless you AGREE to that. Trickery to get you to agree makes any contract invalid. And if I'm wrong, then I SHOULD BE right.
Net Neutrality has ended. The ISP's own the access to your site even if you are hosting it yourself.
At least for now, Substack is a good thing to build on. If you have to move later, hopefully your brand (Shawn McLean) will allow people to find you elsewhere. Updating your posts on multiple services like Substack and Facebook and others may also be a hedge.
I was thinking of developing an app that allowed users to communicate with each other over text messaging versus a website interface. All the messages would be stored on each person's device instead of some website. And when you commented on something, the comment would be texted to your list of members.
In this day and age of inexpensive disk it's probably doable. I have an app now My Info Index that stores information on your device instead of a website, but it does not do any texting. I'd have to learn.
Except that our devices are entirely hackable, and that was no accident. We are under surveillance, ALL of us, ALL the time. The downside of all this web thing.
While that is correct, it is on an individual device basis and illegal. The owner of website owns all the data and can sell it anywhere, and it is legal.
Heeheheeheeheheheeheheeeeee "illegal"??????? are you kiddin moi?
But, yeah, technically, I think you're right. Too bad the Nasties donut give a frack about legality.
And also... Substack very nicely gives us COPYRIGHT over our own page.
I did not know that Subtack gives us the copyright. That is very significant. Does that mean they cannot use or sell the information without consent?
Google and Microsoft, contractually, own your email. I suspected it would be the same with Facebook, X, and all the others. It's good to know it's not that way with Substack.
It SHOULD mean that, and I think it still does.
A contract is not valid if one party has not agreed to it... Nobody can OWN your email unless you AGREE to that. Trickery to get you to agree makes any contract invalid. And if I'm wrong, then I SHOULD BE right.