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
@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 exit.
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!
#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!”
@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
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.
@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!)…
Hey #developers in either #opensource and or #closedsource #proprietary commercial, I'm curious what are the aspects of your work that you find true joy in regardless if you could use #ai to take care of things? What aspects, if any, are a burden that ai can lift and what are things you would always prefer doing? I know how I feel as an artist but interested in your worldview in your field.
@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
@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!
@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
Cool dat er in de overheidsbrede handreiking voor verantwoorde inzet van generatieve AI onder andere dit staat:
"Bij voorkeur wordt een #opensource-applicatie of -model gebruikt. Deze modellen bieden meer inzicht, bijvoorbeeld op het gebied van transparantie."
Verder wordt ingegaan op #proprietary modellen, voorkomen van #vendorlockin, #privacy en #scraping, #herbruikbaarheid, #bias, #discriminatie en #transparantie.
Lees de hele handreiking hier:
…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.
@pixelcode neither are there reproduceable builds nor is #Signal's #backend opensoirce'd nor is it possible to #SelfHost.
On the train ride back from Patna (#BiharFOSS), @ravi and I sardonically thanked Trump for the state of things in the US, which may have been why #GitHub disabled the #OrganicMaps repo and forced them to move to #FreedomRespecting #Forgejo.
"This will hopefully teach people why it's important to boycott #proprietary platforms. But why do people always wait around for such things to pass? #FreeSoftware activists had been warning them for like 10 years!" (Also...Sourceforge???)
@signalapp It's not #disinfo when one points out that you demand #PII aka. #PhoneNumbers from Users and that is literally a architectural vulnerability, alongside your #proprietary & #Centralized #Infrastructure.
Not to mention the lack of @torproject / #Tor support with an #OnionService or the willingness to fulfill #cyberfacist "Embargoes" or shilling a #Shitcoin #Scam named #MobileCoin!
And don't get me started on the #cyberfacism that is #CloudAct.
I may nit have allvthe.evidence yet, but #Signal stenches like #ANØM: #Honeypot-esque!
@signalapp I disagree because your platform is #proprietary, #SingleVendor, #SingleProvider and doesn't allow for #SelfHosting, #SelfCustody of all the Keys and you demand #PII in the form of a #PhoneNumber which can be used.to track users down!
@ueeu I think crucial parts is looking at it's components, dependencies, size and for apps permissions.
#ReproduceableBuilds for example are important, so the actually released source code is what people actually get served as basis.
Plus in terms of #security, choose *real #E2EE with #SelfCustody of all the #Keys!
Hmmm, advice please.
So; say you're a #opensource #vector image editor and a volunteer pops in to help write a new compatibility to some proprietary #fileformat.
Say the volunteer makes progress and one day a brand new account claiming to be the founder at the #proprietary company of said format offering the volunteer a job.
To me; this is clearly a way to foreclose work on compatibility. The #foss equiv of buying out a competitor.
But how should the project moderate this kind of message?
