It's not just Google, of course. When you trust your data to ANY #cloud service, you can get rugpulled at any moment without warning. Remember, they have the de-facto control over the data, and you don't.
I think it's very telling the #US gov't added a way for TikTok/#ByteDance to weasel out of the ban if they decide to sell. Yeah, as if!
But OK. Assuming their "plan" works and #TikTok is sold. Now what?
Would they turn TikTok into a #privacy-respecting #FreeSoftware, fixing all the issues they like to complain about? Or would it just remain the same shitty #proprietary app with the only difference being your data is collected by a different country?
Looks like the #XFCE#screenshot tool will soon have that awkward "Upload to #Imgur" option dropped. Good riddance! I never understood features like this one, especially when it goes to a #proprietary service.
I am still struggling to #debug some #proprietary#audio#plugin (s) using a #flatpak DAW. Is there any way I can see what resources the plugins are trying to access from within the Flatpak #sandbox? Running #bitwig with flatpak run -v com.bitwig.BitwigStudio does not reveal anything and flatpak run --command=sh --devel com.bitwig.BitwigStudio > gdb /app/bin/bitwig-studio (after installing org.freedesktop.Sdk.Debug) only says: (No debugging symbols found in /app/bin/bitwig-studio)
This makes me distrust Bluesky even more. For those who don't know: "Open Core" is basically for those who think even "Open Source" is way too radical. They bullshit you by claiming to be all about "openness" and "inclusivity" to distract you from the fact they want to sell you #proprietary software.
This article just gave the perfect argument to never trust or use #Bluesky ever:
> While the AT Protocol is being opened up soon, the Bluesky company plans to make money via a variety of ways, including charging users for additional features in its app.
I just learned of the biggest #bullshit feature I heard of: "view once" images in #WhatsApp. The idea is that if you send an image and select the "view once" option, the receiver may only "view it once". After that, it's deleted. And they claim it "prevents screenshots". How? I have no idea.
It doesn't matter because the whole concept is bullshit, of course.
🚨 #Microsoft#Outlook wants to snatch your e-mail login data (user name AND password) as part of a shady "synchronize" feature. The user has to confirm this, but it is hidden behind confusing technobabble.
And people wonder why I hate #proprietary software. 🤮
Adobe seems to have figured out that I use unlicensed (cracked) software and never paid a cent to them. In 10 days (if this threat becomes real) will start my experiment into replacing my design tools by Free / open-source alternatives. I will probably give some insight on that process over here, if some of you are interested.
I mainly use Photoshop, Lightroom, Indesign and Illustrator, so they are the ones I'm looking to replace... Curious to experiment with #webtoprint, #gimp, #inkscape, #scribus, #affinity, etc.
Special shout-out to @nodebb for bringing this amazing #foss#opensource platform 🙂 with no strings attached.
Considering things that recently happened to #unity#unity3d it is absolutely necessary to take everything into consideration before committing into a #proprietary software.
Doesn't feel great starting to work on your 2 year #Unity project today with the recent policy changes they've made. Not really keen on using Unity again after this project is finished but thinking about the knowledge I've gained about their proprietary software suite it'll be such a waste!
I think I've learned my lesson. Learning to use #proprietary#closedsource systems is a total waste of time as in any moment the owner of the system could flip a switch and everything you learned is invalid.
just saw a youtube tutorial refer to sublime text as a free editor 🙄
it is not free nor is it open source. #SublimeText is fully #proprietary paid software that allows you to evaluate it. costs $99 to purchase access to releases for three years, then you have to do it again. it's also aging super hard. i wouldn't recommend it to new developers. #vscode / #vscodium has so many more features and is actually free.
what happens when libre software is neglected in preference of #proprietary alternatives? #jitsi happens. #xmpp happens. #widevine happens.
the very last time i pushed jitsi as a solution, the person said, ''i will go on using #zoom and if zoom fails me i will go use jitsi. jitsi will always be there.'' it was a wednesday.
if you and others do not use it, how will it grow?
people literally host libre software as a second thought. the only proprietary software that i tend to prioritize are video games.
Are there software licenses out there that guarantee to the user the ability to receive updates and improvements to a piece of open source software?
I don't know of any license other than the GPL that provides this guarantee to the user.
I know that I'm more motivated to learn a new tool when it is protected by the GPL because of this guarantee that future versions will also be open source.
When I license my own software, I choose the Affero GPLv3 because it provides this extra guarantee to the users, even if the software serving the user is on a webserver.
PS: I support this move. It will help establish ROR as the #standard ID for institutional affiliation. RINGGOLD IDs are #proprietary and ROR IDs are in the #PublicDomain under #CC0.
I'm going team red. I'm sick and tired of these recent #GNOME crashes. The culprit? #NVIDIA, who else. I finally found that the driver was putting crash logs in the console. Their #proprietary garbage can go on other people's PC, but I'm getting rid of their garbage. GPU's finally seem affordable enough again (I don't need anything fancy, as long as it is on par with my current 1050ti). Goodbye team puke, hi team red. Now to actually find a card, I've never used an #AMD card... Pretty excited!
I consider it to be a victory for the #fediverse as a whole, that in less than a year of the mess with #Twitter, one big player (#Meta) is developing a #socialMedia app based on #activityPub protocol.
I don't see any danger in the existence of #openSource and #proprietary platforms in the fediverse, only diversity that will make decentralized web a unavoidable standard in the near future.
Many people have been talking about deleting their #Reddit account and posts because they hate what the Reddit CEO does.
While I welcome a major #RedditExodus (I never posted on Reddit because it's #proprietary), I urge people to #backup their high-quality posts (those that have helped a large number of people) before they delete their account for good.
And then repost your high-quality stuff somewhere else for archival purposes.