How colourful do you wish the world to be?

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There is a place where life is simple, people are perfect, and everything is black and white. It's a place that's as far from reality as we can imagine.
But maybe it's a lot closer than you think!

If you want to live in a world that is not black and white, then you should do something about it, because that cannot be taken for granted. 

The Internet is perhaps the most significant innovation in human history. It was conceived as a global marketplace for the free exchange of information and services. Today, however, we are experiencing the data silos of large corporations, an unbearable flood of advertising and massive censorship by governments, corporations and organisations – all cheered on by various globalists.

Millions of volunteers work tirelessly, however, to ensure that our internet does not look like North Korea. They sacrifice their free time or have even given up their jobs to ensure that information and access to it remains free. Most of them do this for free because the projects are underfunded, which is unfortunately why many of them have already failed and why their existence is acutely threatened.

So you could direct your Christmas donation there this year and help to secure freedom of information. Here is a list of important projects in this area, including many that are recommended for personal use:

Data

Internet Archive The memory of the Internet (624 Billion pages)
OpenStreetMap The free alternative to Google Maps
OpenRSS Stop the silos, read all articles in one app
Podcastindex Find 4.3 Million podcasts in your app
OpenCulture Free books, podcasts, videos, online courses
OpenLibrary Online access to millions of free books
Open Access Journals 13.634 free journals and > 15 Mill. articles
Creative Commons 55 Mill. articles, 490.000 pictures, 100.000 courses

Software + Services

LINUX The free alternative to Windows
GrapheneOS Android without Google tracking
F-Droid The marketplace for free OS Android apps
OpenOffice Free Office compliant with ISO standards
NextCloud Only in a private Cloud the data are yours
Thunderbird With that app you won’t miss Outlook anymore
NewPipe YouTube without tracking and subscriptions
Fountain Podcasting 2.0 with the value4value principle
PeerTube / Odysee YouTube alternatives without censorship
RethinkDNS Block malware, spyware, ads and tracker

Active support for such projects is at least as valuable as donations. This starts with use and recommendation, community building, feedback to the developers, testing through to design and development. Shaping our future together is an overwhelming experience, which I was able to experience this year in my favourite project ‘Pareto’.
These were instructive and rewarding moments with a wonderful team that changed my mind for good.

Of course, we also look forward to your feedback, your donation or your active participation.
https://pareto.space 

‘Be the change you want to see in this world.’
Mahatma Gandhi