I used to use #CyanogenMod (now renamed to #LineageOS) long time ago. It was pretty cool, but somehow I never felt at home in the Android world. I'm so happy to be on #Mobian now.
I'm seeing the step-by-step shift of Google Android to a #proprietary OS from a safe distance, but I'm worried. Hard times for alternative Android variants ahead.
@simon Ideally, one would #SelfHost, on one's own terms. And if one moves to Codeberg (which uses #FreedomRespecting Forgejo), one still has the benefit of easily being able to move to a self-hosted Forgejo later. That's not so easy with GitHub and its mountain of proprietary features.
Thus, self-hosting is best. Community-run instances like @Codeberg and @disroot come second. And #proprietary platforms are a plague.
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Remember - the rest of the #OpenStreetMap #FreeSoftware ecosystem is still on #GitHub. The OSM website, the iD editor, @osmandapp, @vespucci_editor, @everydoor, @osmapp ...despite offers to help with the move.
I know the devs to be otherwise very friendly and supportive people, but on this issue we are at an impasse.
Why do they wait to be abused by #proprietary platforms when they could avoid the whole problem from the start?
On the train ride back from Patna (#BiharFOSS), @ravi and I sardonically thanked Trump for the state of things in the US, which may have been why #GitHub disabled the #OrganicMaps repo and forced them to move to #FreedomRespecting #Forgejo.
"This will hopefully teach people why it's important to boycott #proprietary platforms. But why do people always wait around for such things to pass? #FreeSoftware activists had been warning them for like 10 years!" (Also...Sourceforge???)
Good luck @weblate ... While @nextcloud talks about FOSS and decentralization, people have been asking them for years about using #Peertube and #Weblate, but it's always crickets and continued exclusive use of #YouTube and #Transifex.
There's virtually never even a response why they exclusively use the closed, #centralized, #proprietary services.
I respect @Karlitschek and @jospoortvliet but the org seems only interested in #FOSS / #Privacy / #decentralization in their own code / marketing.
The Rise and Fall of 'the #Resistance'
@taylorlorenz nails it really well here: #capitalism and #neoliberalism have been phagocytizing everything, including liberal causes and this phenomenon has been a capital breeding ground for #digital #proprietary #socialmedia. This is why there is such a political and ideological rift between mainstream democrats and #leftism, now rebranded as #wokeness, against which all neoliberals, including among democrats, have ganged.
Did you know that DaVinci Resolve is NOT open source software?
DaVinci Resolve is a proprietary color grading, color correction, visual effects, and audio post-production video editing application.
While DaVinci Resolve is free to download, it requires a video graphics card. There is a paid version called "DaVinci Resolve Studio" that costs $295.
Website
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
"If buying isn't owning, pirating isn't stealing."
– the YouTube comments section
I believe Dan plans to never #federate , revoke federation, or at least retain the ability to do so. See term 2 on Loop's website: https://loops.video/legal/terms-of-service
which says such things as "under this license you may not:...use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);.....transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" and the materials on any other server...This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Loops at any time." and "Loops may revise these terms of service for its website at any time without notice" Loops' terms are not open source and could be used to justify #defederation or changing policy on federation. And considering how dan behaves with peers who disagree with him, I could see him deciding federation isn't what he wants to do with Loops, which he treats not as an #opensource thing but as #proprietary
NO #FOSSWASHING
Isn't it about time we start rallying against #proprietary #firmware already?
From every #EV and #car being a glorified #telemetry machine, to every chip out there basically harboring #SecretSauce with the "trust me bro" guarantee attached.
Neither #US interests, #Chinese interests or private interests should hold so much power. No one should.
All firmware; I repeat, ALL FIRMWARE should be #OpenFirmware. The firmware isn't open? #Ban the #product outright.
https://www.tarlogic.com/news/backdoor-esp32-chip-infect-ot-devices/
"If the users don't control the program, the program controls the users. With proprietary software, there is always some entity, the "owner" of the program, that controls the program and through it, exercises power over its users. A nonfree program is a yoke, an instrument of unjust power."
— Richard Stallman
@Lu with all due respect to #linuxmint #developers the #flagship variant should be based on #debian and for those who use #nvidia #gpus and need the #drivemanager ( #gui to install #proprietary #drivers ), could use the #ubuntu variant. LinuxMint as a #community #distro aligns with Debian and #flatpak #universal #linux #package #format compared with Ubuntu and its #snap package format. Also, Ubuntu as a commercial distro will eventually switch to an #immutable #system with all snap packages.
Hmmm, advice please.
So; say you're a #opensource #vector image editor and a volunteer pops in to help write a new compatibility to some proprietary #fileformat.
Say the volunteer makes progress and one day a brand new account claiming to be the founder at the #proprietary company of said format offering the volunteer a job.
To me; this is clearly a way to foreclose work on compatibility. The #foss equiv of buying out a competitor.
But how should the project moderate this kind of message?
My take on this is that #proprietary software makers should involve themselves more with the #OpenSource components they use and contribute back to these projects instead of leeching. Also: Seemingly #JQuery is in everything 
Upgrading my old 13" MacBook Pro (Early 2013, A1425) to Debian Trixie. It's a great little machine - fabulous display.
Been using this machine for a several years running a different Linux variant. I was expecting this to be a quick wipe and install exercise but I forgot about the pita Broadcom B43 wifi shenanigans required with this laptop.
Oh well. At least I can futz with it while sitting in front of the TV I guess. James May's new 'Great Explorers' series is interesting.
Btw, Broadcom, it's a cheesy wifi driver! None of this dreck needs to be proprietary. It's not that special!
Today I was victim of proprietary software crap by car manufacturers. My auto electrician has only fixed a problem with a malfunctioning window switch panel partially because part of the configuration is software blocked and I have to go to the manufacturer's dealership. With each passing day I'm happier about my decision of not buying a new car because this problem must have become a nightmare in modern cars
Are there classes of Social Media?
Absolutely there is!
https://solusspider.w3spaces.com/spider.html
#Fediverse #Proprietary #SocialMedia
Zou je de kiesraad ook kunnen adviseren van vrije opensource platforms gebruik te maken, ipv het #proprietary Github? Bijvoorbeeld @Codeberg?
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