Quitting individual platforms leaves the data colonial order untouched

Evidence

Resistance to data colonialism does not mean gestures made for effect (such as quitting Facebook) that leave the order of data colonialism intact. But it does mean saying no to practices that normalize the order of data colonialism in everyday life. We need to find ways of collectively unsettling our identification with data colonialism’s requirements. Power is always social in the end, so discovering new powers of resistance must emerge from the social world too. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 629

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the attention/surveillance school’s critique of individual digital detox and ‘mindful tech’ as insufficient; marks where the colonialism frame diverges from mainstream self-optimization critiques. — connects to: Platform data extraction continues historical colonialism’s logic of appropriation — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 398; Data colonialism is an interlocking six-force system, not just platforms — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 582; Resistance to data colonialism must confront global capitalism, not just platforms — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 650
• ADDENDUM: Relevant to ‘Grafting & Growth’ argument that individual acts leave larger infrastructure in place — the structural-over-gesture logic echoes.

Broader Connections

• Platform data extraction continues historical colonialism’s logic of appropriation #corroborates (0.90) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 398
• Data colonialism is an interlocking six-force system, not just platforms #expands (0.85) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 582
• Resistance to data colonialism must confront global capitalism, not just platforms #expands (0.85) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 650