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@arstechnica Obviously, #Starlink is sabotaging #FTTB & #FTTH as regulators like @BNetzA allow subsidies for that #proprietary #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider network instead of #OpenAccess #fiber-pairs based off #Ethernet…
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Exploring the paradox of 'tough image' software: platforms like #Reddit and #Telegram appear #opensource but are #proprietary.
https://os-sci.com/blog/our-blog-posts-1/the-paradox-of-tough-image-software-114
OpenSource Science B.V. · The Paradox of Tough Image Software:When Cool Meets Proprietary
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Like: There's not much of a technical reason something similar to @zulip 's #TUI - based client could exit.
- Obviously #proprietary platforms - (just like #Shitter even before #ApartheidEmeraldBoy took over and speedrun it into becoming a #NaziBar) - will try to passive-aggressively stifle such #clients, but still...
If people can build #bots for shite like #discord, #Telegram, etc. then why not make an actually good client ???
GitHubGitHub - zulip/zulip-terminal: Official Zulip terminal client.Official Zulip terminal client. Contribute to zulip/zulip-terminal development by creating an account on GitHub.
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!
Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)Content warning: Rant re: Signal Shills being dangerous Tech Illiterates
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Just had an epiphany.
The #public #proprietary #cloud (#Microsoft #Google etc) has only one single use case that makes sense anymore…
Hold your horses… Here it comes:
Storing strongly encrypted backups.
… and that’s it
@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.
#Discord users, #XMPP is #federated and immune to this kind of #enshittification ! 
Move yourself, move your friends, move your communities. To all #centralized and #proprietary networks, declare - “Never again!”
contrapunctus.codeberg.pageThe Quick and Easy Guide to Jabber/XMPP
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@mit_scharf the problem with "threat scenarios" is that they tend to change quickly, non-consensual and without warning.
- Demanding any #PII [even by virtue of being correlateable through circumstances] to be able to use a service is inherently bad, espechally since there is no "legitimate interest" for that.
"#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...
- I find it more fatiguing and also expensive to try to workaround shite than to migrate folks to secure standards because that's a one-time investment that I'm willing to take vs. having to jump through hoops and paywalls to acquire a working #SIM (or #eSIM) anonymously and maintaining it.
It's just not in the cards TBH!
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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.
Is it just me or do the #German #translations of many "modern" popular commercial #proprietary indie #games SUCK?
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@dgar Love the variety of synonyms for "died" 
Lessons to be learned -
• Boycott #proprietary software - use #FreedomRespecting software (a.k.a. #Libre / #OpenSource / #FreeSoftware) which is free of corporate control, and
• Boycott #centralized services - use #federated services so you aren't locked into one service.
#XMPP is still around, and thriving.
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html
contrapunctus.codeberg.pageThe Quick and Easy Guide to Jabber/XMPP
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@debby #Mumble, #IRC, #XMPP (+OMEMO = @gajim / #monoclesChat) & #Linphone (#SIP / #VoIP) are the better options. #NextcloudTalk also exist and @monocles as well as @Stuxhost offer that.
#Signal and #Session are #proprietary, #centralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider solutions!
And #Matrix is just a shittier #XMPP+#OMEMO. Give @delta / #DeltaChat a try instead.
OfC #JitsiMeet and #WebCall are also great!
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@signalapp As a supporter of #Signal, it is important to point out a key detail: Signal's own code is #OpenSource, but Signal uses multiple #proprietary libraries from #Google. Those cannot be scrutinized since the source code is not open. We believe Signal should offer an actual open source version, and are ready to help. This exists already in the fork https://fosstodon.org/@MollyIM Also, apps like #Element #Threema #Wire are #FOSS, and have #ReproducibleBuilds on @fdroidorg #FDroid
FosstodonMolly (@mollyim@fosstodon.org)52 Posts, 30 Following, 1.57K Followers · Born from Signal, built for freedom. Molly is an independent Signal fork for Android, with a strong focus on security and hardening.
#mollyim #signal #signalapp
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…while many of the #NLRB's records are eventually made public, the NxGen case management system hosts #proprietary #data from #corporate competitors, personal information about #union members or employees voting to join a union, & #witness testimony in ongoing cases. Access to that data is protected by numerous federal #laws, including the #Privacy Act.
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This did not happen bc of bullshit Trump Tariffs. Majority of Fortune 500 companies had already BETRAYED the USA for China 2 decades ago. The Tariffs was the FINAL STAKE IN THE VAMPIRES (ELITES) HEARTS WHO JUST NEEDED ONE MORE REASON TO ABANDON THE USA. Nothing to do with a 34 time loser of 34 convicted felonies!
Just ask AT&T.net (#ATT.COM). We bought their EXPIRED domain name early 2000's in a millisecond when they allowed their OWN domain NAME to EXPIRE for #not_paying their #RENT/lease. (before the #redemption_period was implemented and was policy ;)
You see folk this software trades in #milli_seconds and now with #fiber_optic will trade in #nano_seconds. (that’s a #billionth of a second).
#Hanging the #Carrot and MANIPULATING Markets at the same time. (Creating a Hope of Gain; Fear of Loss Scenario;)
In fact, this software can go back in time..(like a tape recorder: Stop, Play, Rewind and Forward within 1 millisecond intervals) like #Back to the #Future to #PREDICT (aka #SURE_BET) what they already know.. See attached images..
#LISTEN_UP! YOU NEED #LIVE_TRANSACTIONS TO #DIAL_IN THE ALGO'S AND #HOW THEY GOT #CAUGHT BY #TASTINGTRAFFIC_LLC.
ONCE THEY DIALED IN THE #ALGORITHMS THE #STOLEN_TRADES ARE #UNDETECTABLE BY ANY #TECHNOLOGY IN #USE TODAY; unless you have a trained eye?
Also the FTC does not HAVE THE #COMPUTER_POWER TO EVEN #MONITOR THIS #THIEVERY--AT ITS FINEST--USING OUR #STOLEN HFT #SOFTWARE--NO LESS!
How convenient for our #Crooked #FTC!
As Mentioned above folks we were able to see this fraud bc you need to actually #RUN_REAL_TRADES through the software to #DIAL IN the #ALGORITHMS to #CONCEAL ALL TRADES TO THE NAKED EYE >> and is #Goooooooal!
ALL #FABRICATED_FINANCIAL graphs in #REAL_TIME!
SO WHO INVENTED TIME TRAVEL IN ITS INFANTILE STAGES.
TASTIINGTRAFFIC LLC in 2000.
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Just to be clear: If #Google decides it’s okay to no longer send non-Gmail users the ACTUAL #email, but only a LINK to some bullshit #proprietary service that you must click to “unlock” the TRUE contents, then Gmail ceases to be an email provider but is merely a spam service which bullies unsuspecting users into using their proprietary crap.
While this seems to be limited to (fake) E2E for now, I’m afraid it could get worse if people do not resist.
I know why I don’t use #Gmail.
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@thelinuxexperiment 19:00 about that developers or publishers could just #opensource ancient games for the community, they dont usually tend to do that because of other #proprietary libraries, and stuff that they used to make the #game
Sure, they could just run through the source code - if it even still exists - and remove not theirs stuff, but that would require knowledge of all not theirs proprietary elements, or ability to start their old developement environments or other game engines, that are the only sensible way of accessing scripts/logic stored in obscure binary formats.
But yes, they should at least try to check if the source code is still on theirs discs, ask their lawyers if they can do that, and what has to be stripped, and maybe hire one intern to do all that work, to get hang of using computer, and tools they have used.
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@simendsjo @jackdaniel #XMPP has all those features, and there's a fairly big #Lisp / #Scheme / #CommonLisp channel there - https://xmpp.link/#lisp@conference.a3.pm?join
It might not have everything that #Discord does, but it's vastly better than #IRC. And there's a cost to using #proprietary and #centralized services, which people constantly forget about in chasing convenience and shiny features.
Here's a guide to help you get started.
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html
xmpp.linkXMPP Invitation
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@pixelcode neither are there reproduceable builds nor is #Signal's #backend opensoirce'd nor is it possible to #SelfHost.
- Thus it is #proprietary #SaaS!