image sur la thématique du balai #open-source contre le balai propriétaire.
si cela peut aider à faire comprendre l'open-source
An image on the theme of open-source #broom versus #proprietary broom.
If it helps to understand open-source
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@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
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@adisonverlice ALL #SingleVendor, #SingleProvider #Messengers that are #proprietary by virtue of not having everything #FLOSS'd are inherently bad.
- #Telegram is obviously just a slopps #honeypot. @signalapp's @Mer__edith at least knows how to professionally lie in front of an audience like the fmr. #CryptoAG #CEO did.
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.
Twitterthaddeus e. grugq on Twitter“I’m gonna tell you a secret about “logless VPNs” — they don’t exist. Noone is going to risk jail for your $5/mo
https://t.co/Q2aOQJkG4g”
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Like: There's not much of a technical reason something similar to @zulip 's #TUI - based client could exist for the aformentioned platfirms:
- 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 ???
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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
@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.
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@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. To all #centralized and #proprietary networks, declare - “Never again!”
contrapunctus.codeberg.pageThe Quick and Easy Guide to Jabber/XMPP
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@threemaapp don't buy #proprietary #SingleVendor and/or #SingleProvider either!
- Use only #secure = #OpenSource #OpenStandards that hare #MultiVendor & #MultiProvider, like #XMPP+#OMEMO & #PGP/MIME!
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@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
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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!
en.wikipedia.orgOpposition (politics) - Wikipedia
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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.
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@BrodieOnLinux @qdot I find this to be the worst way to decide a #TechStack.
- If #IT was developed and maintained that way, we'd not have #Linux or even #Windows, most likely not even #CPM & #UNIX because "everyone uses punchcards and tubes, so stop complaining!"...
#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!)…
- I just don't vibe with that appeal and would rather #SelfHost than compromise. If that makes me an outlyer then I'm happy to pay that price!
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...
Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)@MxVerda@lgbtqia.space @BrodieOnLinux@mstdn.social @qdot@buttplug.engineer Well, depending on what you want to develop or communicate there are various options.
- Many folks went from #GitHub to @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de / #Codeberg to do their #FLOSS development as it too has #IssueTrackers and means to discuss things without #loginwalled read-only access. Others like @torproject@mastodon.social have their own @gitlab@mastodon.social / #GitLab servers #SelfHosted.
- If you want a #Chat then consider #LiberaChat if you don't demand #privacy. Otherwise @delta@chaos.social / #deltaChat and/or #XMPP via @monocles@monocles.social & @gajim@fosstodon.org may be an option.
- If you do want some #LoginWalling for some reason, consider @zulip@fosstodon.org / #ZulipChat as it has a nice #threading model that can handle both asynchronous communication and high traffic without becoming unfindable or unarchiveable. Otherwise there's like @RocketChat@fosstodon.org / #RocketChat which also works great by my own experience.
Case in point: #discord just makes it more cumbersome and painful than anything. It's basically *#Slack + #MicrosoftTeams, but worse*…
Is it just me or do the #German #translations of many "modern" popular commercial #proprietary indie #games SUCK?
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@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
contrapunctus.codeberg.pageThe Quick and Easy Guide to Jabber/XMPP
@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.
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@brynet personally, I think #WMI is #Microsoft's #EmbraceExtendExtinguish strategy to #proprietary-ize functions that should belong into open ABIs like #ACPI!
en.wikipedia.orgACPI - Wikipedia