DanielTux @danielst@librem.one

Due to the recent discussions about Tusky merging their Gab ban, I'm reposting my series "Imagine if _all_ applications were developed the same way as Fedi apps" with slightly improved screenshots and a new one.

Also, I'd like to clarify my stance on this matter since people thought I'd support Gab or that I'd make inaccurate comparisons.

My motivation for posting these screenshots is that I think blocks like this don't belong in software that is completely detached from the stuff it displays.
Kinds of software that belong in this category are web browsers, email clients, music players, text editors, and also Fedi apps such as Tusky or Fedilab. They are merely tools that allow people to use certain contents or services, but they don't host them and therefore aren't responsible for them.
To me, this isn't a matter of free speech or some free software principles. As a user, I simply don't want developers to force their personal/political opinions onto me in that way. And here is why:

Imagine if more software implemented various kinds of blocks against things the developer doesn't want to support. I'm sure many of you now may think "Cool, so they block things for bad people. How is this a problem?"

The problem is that your view of what "bad people" are or how they should be handled by the software doesn't necessarily have to agree with the developers' views.

A good example for this is the file browser screenshot: Among other files, the message lists a Torrent for an Arch Linux image as blocked. Most likely, the imaginary developer thinks that Torrents are used too often to distribute illegal things, so making them harder to use is more beneficial than not doing it. Would you agree with this?

In the long run, this problem may become worse. What if the political climate in our society shifted and over time, some of the opinions you or people you like/follow/... hold were considered harmful by many software developers? What if you were confronted with messages like the ones in the screenshots all the time because of that?

Many people don't expect that measures taken against "bad people" could ever affect them negatively. After all, they are good people.
This is actually very similar to discussions about privacy invasions, where there are people who "have nothing to hide" and therefore don't care about such problems.

That's the situation I was trying to convey with these screenshots in the same way Black Mirror shows how current technological trends could lead to negative impacts on our society.
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Study the Elements with KDE's Kalzium by Joey Branard. "KDE's Kalzium is kind of like a periodic table on steroids." #Linux #chemistry https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/study-elements-kdes-kalzium

As we approach the release of the Librem 5 smartphone (Q3 of 2019), we're going to take a look at 1 application (or game, or feature) running on the Librem 5 Development Kit every single day.

Starting with something fun:

Day 1 - AisleRiot Solitaire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBFRbOvZvxM

Der #Verfassungsschutz löschte die Akte des Rechtsextremen und mutmaßlichen Mörders des CDU-Politikers Lübcke – trotz Löschmoratoriums https://www.hessenschau.de/politik/landtag/mordfall-luebcke-verfassungsschutz-loeschte-akte-ueber-stephan-e,akte-stephan-e-100.html … https://twitter.com/chaosupdates/status/1141319233655255040

Just released released phosh 0.0.3:

https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/phosh/tags/v0.0.3

Thanks for all the contributions!

#librem5 @purism

Who remembers this classic article in The Independent from December 1993?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/anti-soviet-warrior-puts-his-army-on-the-road-to-peace-the-saudi-businessman-who-recruited-mujahedin-1465715.html

True story-Was pissed I lost access to a number instances being on librem.one. With wholesale blocks by a bunch of pussies with zero backbone. For a moment I was like fuck this give me my $ back.

Then I read one post after another of hate and intolerance against a team who did absolutely nothing but try to bring ethical services to the masses. Making stuff as simple as possible for the layman. Only to be treated like shit. Wrong move, I renewed the year for the family. We stay, rest u fuck off

After shutting off the angry notifications for a bit and having a private think, I retract my criticism of Tusky. So, some clarifications:

1. Obviously, I am against nazis. Fuck's sake, people can have complex opinions without being nazis

2. If Tusky had put an anti-nazi clause into their license, their software would be nonfree. Putting anti-nazi features into free software does not, however, make the software nonfree. Despite being usable by nazis I think free software is a good thing and nonfree software is a bad thing.

3. I would not have personally added such a change to my software, because I think it's immature and doesn't really solve the problem of nazis. In fact, it may exacerbate it. I maintain that there are much better ways to address these issues.

4. Anyway, Tusky is fine. It's dumb but it's fine.

The #librem5 devkit taking it's first #selfie.

I wish everyone continued free speech and privacy in their online communications. 👍

"Instead of an internet where sites link to each other, creating a vast global #network of information, #Google is vacuuming up more and more of the web onto its turf.

it has the potential to suck the life out of the #internet, which was supposed to be a place where a thousand flowers could #bloom.

When Google discourages people from visiting other websites, we’re not only losing a more diverse internet experience, we’re losing #context."

https://slate.com/technology/2019/06/google-genius-rap-lyrics-antitrust.html

Slimbook, the Spanish Linux computer company, just unveiled a brand-new all-in-one Linux PC called the "Apollo". It has a 23.6 inch IPS LED display with a 1920x1080 resolution. #Linux #Hardware #desktop

https://slimbook.es/en/apollo-aio-en

LibHandy 0.0.10, a library that helps with developing UI for mobile devices
using GTK/GNOME, has been released!

Details (including screenshots and videos) of adaptive layouts included in LibHandy 0.0.10:
https://puri.sm/posts/the-new-libhandy-0-0-10/

Full release notes:
https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/libhandy/tags/v0.0.10

@switchingsocial

@masterofthetiger

Why? I will just block fools like these so I don't see it. Blocking people from talking is not in the spirit of federation, and the architecture doesn't support it. You realize that you encourage switching? A big reason for people to switch is because of attitudes like this.

What was a bad idea in 1993 and didn't get any better? backdoors in encryption!
We signed a public letter, joing over 100 organizations and individuals urging the German goverment to drop this idea.
https://nextcloud.com/blog/a-bad-idea-nextcloud-signs-public-letter-opposing-german-plan-to-force-decryption-of-chat/

https://unwalled.garden

Love this. Very much in the spirit of what we’re working on.

Erste Schritte zu mehr Datensicherheit: Der DJV Hessen hat in seinem Newsletter (PDF) einige Tipps für Journalisten/-innen, die im beruflichen Alltag oder beim Informantenschutz sicherer werden wollen https://www.djv-hessen.de/fileadmin/PDF/Newsletter/02_2019_Newsletter_RZ__2_.pdf

Am 5. Juni 2013, also vor nunmehr 6 Jahren, veröffentlichte der #Guardian einen Artikel über PRISM - der Anfang der #Snowden-Enthüllungen.

Krass, dass das schon 6 Jahre her ist.
Der Mann ist weiterhin Verstoßener im russischen Asyl.😐

#KI und #ML sind doch irgendwie wie Kleinkinder. Es ist Wahnsinn, wie schnell sie lernen und wir freuen uns total, wenn sie etwas neues können. Aber so richtig weiter bringt es auch niemanden. www.heise.de/newsticker/meldun…

♲ @JRehborn@twitter.com: Anstand verdient Respekt. Franziska Schubert und Jana Lübeck haben Anstand bewiesen. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer hingegen nicht.