When the giants launch these all-encompassing tools, they don't just provide a service; they silence the smaller, minimalist alternatives that prioritize actual privacy and noise-free existence. Today, I’m seeing this firsthand with a project I launched on PH: the noise created by Big Tech announcements literally pushes independent, local-first experiments into the 40th-50th ranks within hours.
Trust shouldn't be about a 'Privacy Policy' checkbox. It should be about architectural impossibility—building systems that cannot see the data by design. The more we centralize health and social interactions into these 'AI black boxes,' the more we lose our digital autonomy..