In iOS 17.4 all WebApp and PWAs features are disabled only for those in EU countries. Besides using these features as a develoepr in Drupal/webprojects I'm also using some PWAs on a daily base. I'm slightly frustrated...
I just wrote down my opinion on this decision by Apple.
With the fragmentation of social media lately, there have been plenty of chaotic, flame-filled, “this is fine” moments. But with Project Tapestry, we’re realizing that yes - this really is fine! It’s an opportunity for more diversity, more of a say in our own online presence, and a more open internet. @bigzaphod lays out some of our thoughts here - https://blog.iconfactory.com/2024/02/why-tapestry/
The concern over the #blueskybridge is another example of #fediverse gentrification (that I support). Being here felt like a big #privacy improvement when it was small and obscure compared to the corporate platforms. But it's like the rest of the #openweb, public and scrape able. It's not behind a paywall.
The fedi is an awesome place and as more people figure that out, it will grow and change. But we need to have the big conversation about what this place is and what our different visions are.
#OpenWeb#Mozilla#Firefox#BigTech: "Mozilla has decided to be more vocal about the ways in which Apple, Google, and Microsoft set technical requirements that have hindered development of its Firefox web browser, and therefore harmed competition.
Many of the competitive barriers have been discussed for years – in technical circles, and behind closed doors with regulators. During those years, Firefox's 30 percent of the global browser market share slipped steadily. Today, just over three percent of browser users favor Firefox – the impact of platform rules and of relentless marketing.
With renewed lobbying to level the browser playing field – and the pending March 6 compliance deadline for Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA) approaching – Mozilla has decided to detail the issues and the harms it feels they cause."
@serapath that's an interesting one as torrents still technically work, and the infustrcurtue is still online, though riddled with ads and SPAM. So while technically this is still functioning, it is socially degraded and pushed into the shadow by the #dotcons like Netflix and Amazon Prime etc.
"* #p2p was the poster child of the era of the #openweb it was caught in the quicksand of legal issues, the shadow that was left was eclipsed by "free to use" #dotcons Now finds it hard to come back due to mobile devices not having an IP address, thus most people not actually able to use p2p reliably."
An example of this, my torrent client is regularly blocked by my mobile internet provider - I live on a boat, and yes I do get round this but most people would stumble when this happens.
Project Tapestry will weave your favorite blogs, social media, and more into a unified and chronological timeline. How? We’re glad you asked.
Today we have a blog post and screencast from developer Craig Hockenberry that takes you under the hood of our Project Tapestry prototype and shows off the approach behind the API that makes the app so exciting. So grab your favorite beverage and follow along!
"But here's the thing: being able to say, "wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical statement. Because what it represents is the triumph of exactly the kind of technology that's supposed to be impossible: open, empowering tech that's not owned by any one company, that can't be controlled by any one company, and that allows people to have ownership over their work and their relationship with their audience."
Lunar New Year’s resolution # 3: walled garden social media is officially deprecated. It has served its place, but it was a bad idea. I plan to copy linked content around for backwards compatibility, for an as yet undecided amount of time, but my content will start and reside in mastodon, pixelfed, wordpress or my quarto blog, not FB/IG/LinkedIn/Twitter. #openweb
If there's one thing the history of the internet can teach us, is that when Silicon Valley and big corporations start singing "openness" in unison, you best to hold on to your wallets.
Flipboard has started its 3-phase process of joining the Fediverse!
1️⃣ Federating 25 publishers and creators
2️⃣ Let Fediverse people follow / engage with public curators on Flipboard
3️⃣ Let Flipboard people follow / engage with public accounts in the Fediverse
Directories have come and gone, and new search engines have appeared. Blogrolls, link pages, and RSS feeds are making a comeback. Static website hosts continue to appear. Forums are back. There is a gap for hosted tools; what could we do in this space?
Overall, the independent and open web is looking healthy.
10 ways to celebrate Aaron Swartz, who died #OTD in 2013:
-Subscribe to an RSS feed
-Start something online
-Make your online thing RSS friendly
-Learn to write / format in Markdown
-Publish something using a Creative Commons license
-Make a FOI / FOIA request
-Edit a Wikipedia article
-Map your neighborhood on OpenStreetMap
-Read an Open Access paper
-Check in with someone to see how they're doing
Humans are still the dopest thing about the #OpenWeb. Cherish them and all they leave behind.
"Meta's fediverses", federating with Meta to allow communications, potentially using services from Meta such as automated moderation or ad targeting, and potentially harvesting data on Meta's behalf.
"free fediverses" that reject Meta – and surveillance capitalism more generally
The free fediverses have a lot of advantages over Meta and Meta's fediverses, some of which will be very hard to counter, and clearly have enough critical mass that they'll be just fine.
Here's a set of strategies for the free fediverses to provide a viable alternative to surveillance capitalism. They build on the strengths of today's fediverse at its best – including natural advantages the free fediverses have that Threads and Meta's fediverses will having a very hard time countering – but also are hopefully candid about weaknesses that need to be addressed. It's a long list, so I'll be spreading out over multiple posts; this post currently goes into detail on the first two.
Opposition to Meta and surveillance capitalism is an appealing position. Highlight it!
Focus on consent (including consent-based federation), privacy, and safety
Emphasize "networked communities"
Support concentric federations of instances and communities
Consider "transitively defederating" Meta's fediverses (as well as defederating Threads)
Consider working with people and instances in Meta's fediverses (and Bluesky, Dreamwidth, and other social networks) whose goals and values align with the free fediverses'
Build a sustainable ecosystem
Prepare for Meta's (and their allies') attempts to paint the free fediverses in a bad light
Reduce the dependency on Mastodon
Prioritize accessibility, which is a huge opportunity
Commit to anti-fascist, anti-racist, anti-colonial, and pro-LGBTQIA2S+ principles, policies, practices, and norms for the free fediverses
A lot of people are indeed talking about things more generally in terms of the #openweb or #opensocialweb. In this series though I'm talking primarily about how today's fediverse should evolve so decided to stick with the term fediverse.