@GroupNebula563 @unspeaker @Vivaldi that's a completely bullshit reason in my opinion. And any #proprietary bit could potentially contain dangerous vulnerabilities, intentional backdoors etc. You don't even have to make the code available on github or something so everyone can easily fork it to make it #freesoftware, you only have to distribute it to people who buy/download the software and give them the freedom to potentially modify and share it
@adisonverlice ALL #SingleVendor, #SingleProvider #Messengers that are #proprietary by virtue of not having everything #FLOSS'd are inherently bad.
If that shit was actually secure, it would've been abused so hard that she'd be in jail for refusing to comply with #CloudAct and duely issued warrants as well as being complicit in the "abuse" of said platform.
Like: There's not much of a technical reason something similar to @zulip 's #TUI - based client could exist for the aformentioned platfirms:
If people can build #bots for shite like #discord, #Telegram, etc. then why not make an actually good client ???
One thing that really pisses me off personally is the #regression in terms of #Messenger #Apps.
My personal distaste and dislike for #proprietary, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider #services like #Signal ¹ ², #Telegram, #Discord ³, #WhatsApp ⁴, #Slack, #MicrosoftTeams, etc. aside:
WHY is there no #CrossProvider #Messenger to handle that shite?
WHY does everyone of these shitty providers think people want to download their #bloated #WebApp that takes up triple digit Megabytes if not entire Gigabytes and will gobble up all the #RAM and #CPU each of them can??
This problem ain't new and already got solved for corporate social media ages ago! (Not to mention actually good messengers!)
I mean API 0 - style access because obviously none of the platforms will allow, endorse or support such an endeavour and actively fight the developers and users !
So yeah, consider this a call for a @gajim / #Gajim or @pidgin / #Pidgin for garbage platforms!
@StopKillingGames petitions the #EU to forbid #commercial game publishers to disable (or "killl") the video #games (that people BOUGHT) remotely.
Their demand is surprisingly soft. It only heals a single symptom, but not the underlying problems. It's still better than nothing, and can get the ball rolling.
We need to see the bigger pictre: #Copyright ideology enables the destruction of #culture in the first place. #Proprietary software and #SaaS just suck in general.
@photovince anyone who doesn't trust a.#centralized, #proprietary #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider solution that demands #PII for no valid reason like @signalapp does!
The wonderful people from Libre Office have been kind enough to share with us the Open Document Format a technical guide to the ins and out of the format explained on the level of non-technical users
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/06/28/a-technical-dive-into-odf/
#Discord users, #XMPP is #federated and immune to this kind of #enshittification ! 
Move yourself, move your friends, move your communities. Declare to all #centralized and #proprietary networks ( #Telegram #Signal #BlueSky …) - “Never again!”
@threemaapp don't buy #proprietary #SingleVendor and/or #SingleProvider either!
@DigitaleOverheid Kan ik in de toekomst nog inloggen voor diensten bij de overheid zonder gebruik te moeten maken van app's die alleen verkrijgbaar zijn via appstores van #BigTech (#apple en #google). En niet van apps die alleen werken op #proprietary operating systems (#android, #iOS, #windows). Blijft de #overheid toegankelijk voor mensen die alleen vrije #opensource gebruiken? #DigiD ondersteunt bijvoorbeeld niet inloggen met rijbewijs op #Linux. Blijft #SMS voor 2FA ondersteund? 1/n
@mit_scharf the problem with "threat scenarios" is that they tend to change quickly, non-consensual and without warning.
"#KYC" is the illicit activity! and #Signal acts as a controlled opposition by virtue of being a #proprietary, #centralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider "solution" that subjects itself to a juristiction that has 0 #privacy laws and only #cyberfacism (see #CloudAct ) to boot...
It's just not in the cards TBH!
Stihl style
Van Huffelen (@alexandravanhuffelen) was a great state secretary for digitalisation. We have/had a new government (that recently collapsed).
The policy in the Netherlands is indeed rather ok, but the policy is not followed. Especially not in the use of standard software for office use. It is all Microsoft. For me that is very weird, because exactly in this area are excellent #Free and #OpenSource options. But #government forces me to #proprietary.
I wish we live in a world in which the fact a #software is #FreeSoftware does not grant you any extra credit, but is just the expected default. And, that every #proprietary software is considered a social burden, selfish, the "awkward one", has to explain and justify itself, etc.
Currently, it is free software that constantly must explain and justify itself, is treated as "awkward", etc. Which is so annoying.
It's not us who take away your #freedom to use, copy, share and modify.
@BrodieOnLinux @qdot I find this to be the worst way to decide a #TechStack.
#NetworkEffects are #toxic when it comes to #SaaS and #proprietary shite, regardless if the bad guys are #discord, #Autodesk, #Adobe, #Apple or #Microsoft for that matter. (Don't even get me started on #SAP & #Oracle!)…
https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114623174796828016
But if I was wrong, I 'd not be called upon as a Linux #Sysadmin and to act as "#BenevolentDictator" in terms of Tech Stack Decisions...
WHAAAT?! 
#WSL is now #OpenSource?
Does that mean "We" can finally (fork and…)RENAME it, so that its name actually makes sense?
I'd vote for #LSW - #Linux Subsystem for #Windows!
…because that's exactly what it IS - it's Linux, in a sub-system, and it's for/on Windows!
Let's solve ONE of the 2 most difficult problems in #ComputerScience:
naming things
cache invalidation
off-by-1 errors
edit: +pic; of course, there are #Caveats - src:Copilot-deepThink - some remains #proprietary
Is it just me or do the #German #translations of many "modern" popular commercial #proprietary indie #games SUCK?
@annmygdala I’ve written a fair bit about fighting network effect in the IM space. By boycotting all #proprietary and #centralized platforms - #WhatsApp, #Telegram, #Discord, #Signal, etc - I’ve managed to bring over a hundred people to #XMPP all by myself. Now, if only more people were doing the same…
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html#onboarding-and-advocacy
@jbqueru OFC and in terms of #RISCv vs. #ARM it won't be competitive for quite some time as ARM includes a lot of #proprietary and #patented #PowerSaving technologies that are just not available outside of said closed ISA.
@brynet personally, I think #WMI is #Microsoft's #EmbraceExtendExtinguish strategy to #proprietary-ize functions that should belong into open ABIs like #ACPI!
