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title: "Solid For Users"
description: "Unlike many of today's platforms, Solid returns the web to its original vision of empowering individuals and enabling collaboration."
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  <p>Unlike many of today's platforms, Solid returns the web to its original vision of empowering individuals and enabling collaboration.</p>
  <p>You choose which applications to use with your data rather than being locked into specific platforms. New services, applications and AI agents can access your information instantly with your permission, encouraging innovation. Your data remains yours even when you change providers or try new services, applications or AI agents.</p>
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  <h2 id="get_started_with_solid" property="name">Get started with Solid</h2>
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            <h3 id="get_a_pod">Get a Pod</h3>
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          <p>As a Solid user, first you need a Solid personal online datastore (Pod) to store your data, you can choose from a range of Solid compliant Pod providers or host a Pod yourself.</p>
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            <h3 id="try_solid_apps">Try Solid Apps</h3>
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          <p>Once you have a Solid Pod, you can choose which Solid applications you'll use to use and manage your data.</p>
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