Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
Riding on the Slovak national railways, I'm fascinated by the choice of an Australian accent for their English announcements. It makes my head spin a bit being in this very European context with an official Aussie telling us the local information 😉
@mjg59 I think the right answer is to retain copyright, prevent it expanding, and bring it back to something like a 30 year term and limited to concerns about commercial distribution.
Judge #Donato does a #UX review of #GooglePlay in #EpicVGoogle 😂
That is highly entertaining to read. Let's see if #Google actually follows the direct orders from the judge. They are so lawyered up paid for with those sweet sweet #monopoly #profits, I imagine they'll still fight.
For me, there is still a big open question: should @fdroidorg add itself to Google Play? On one hand, we don't support anything proprietary, on the other, it makes it easy to install safely
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"The land is just part of life. It’s a relative – something you celebrate and honour. You build a relationship to the landscape within your day-to-day practice.
"Capitalism and colonialism have interrupted those things. Within my art practice, I’m trying to seek them out."
#rewildingartsprize #art #rewilding @davidsuzukifdn
https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-sculptor-digging-up-the-politics-of-lawns/
As far as #nature is concerned, a lawn is a desert. A ploughed field is a desert. Pavement is a desert. Europe has converted its landscape from forests, marshlands and lush greenery to ploughed fields, pavement, lawns, etc. So it is really no wonder that #Europe is now heating up and drying up so fast. We are forcing the #climate to become a #desert.
I really love to see #rewilding taking hold in big ways and in small. We can stop killing #nature where we live. It doesn't need to something we travel to see. It can be part of daily life in #urban environments
It works in even smaller than a #suburban garden. Songbirds, crickets and butterflies have come back to my bit of central #Vienna because we planted native plants in tree pits and window boxes. I pick #wild strawberries from my window in my 4th floor apartment😋
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Are you an expert? Know one? Maybe you want to wreak havoc or fix things from inside the machine?
Either way, #DigitalCommons #EDIC is asking for communities to step up and lend a hand.
Get reading or forward it: https://digital-commons-edic.eu/news/2026-07-01-advisory-board-call-for-experts/
I can imagine a #dystopian #climate movie where the #rain disappears and everything dries up in a epic #drought, then the only rain that ever comes is gianormous thunderstorms that only drop big hailstorms, further destroying the beleaguered plant life. Oh wait, that's reality right now in Vienna!
@pleasedodisturb @fdroidorg You're in luck, because the evidence points to F-Droid's default configuration being much safer than Google Play. F-Droid applies many effective measures that Google Play does not, like reviews on source, reproducible builds, publishing and archiving all parts of the process, FOSS-only policy, etc.
@neil I recently flew threw the UK and was shocked by the landscape. The UK has always been bright green everywhere, every time I've been there. This time the endless brown fields made it look like California or Spain.
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Fair use is not a loophole in copyright. It is a core principle that helps creativity, education, and culture thrive. ⚖️📖
In RECLAIMING FAIR USE, copyright scholars Patricia Aufderheide & Peter Jaszi explain how understanding copyright's balance make it easier for creators, educators, librarians, and researchers to confidently use their rights. ✍️🏛️
In conversation with Dave Hansen on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen & subscribe:
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/reclaiming-fair-use
@eff @vitriolix roadtrip vacation idea: cruise around looking for these things and mapping them out.😂
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Do you know how to spot covert automated license plate readers (ALPRs)? Here's what to look out for if you're on the U.S.-Mexico border.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/how-identify-automated-license-plate-readers-us-mexico-border
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We urge the @EUCommission to scrutinise Apple's announcement closely and reject it as non-compliant with the #DMA.
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These concerns were already raised in a complaint to the European Commission filed by @Freiheitsrechte and @article19, which the FSFE contributed to.
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A new fee waiver could help some not-for-profit projects, and we welcome that. But it changes nothing about notarization, developer accounts, or entry thresholds. For #FreeSoftware, this is not the substantial shift the #DMA should deliver, and we have been highlighting this in our latest report.
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On top of that, every developer still needs an Apple Developer Account just to distribute software at all, no matter the channel.
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Entry barriers for developers stay high: despite a waiver for not for profit projects, to open an alternative marketplace you need financial guarantees worth up to €1 million, or must already reach 1 million first annual installs. Small projects rarely meet either bar.
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The biggest issue: #notarization. Every app must pass Apple's automatic and human review before it can run on iOS, even when distributed outside the App Store, via an alternative marketplace or a website.
No channel escapes Apple's gatekeeping.
Once notarized, Apple encrypts the binary. Nobody can run, inspect, or share that software freely. This makes it impossible to distribute #FreeSoftware apps, as the freedoms cannot be guaranteed.
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#Apple has announced new terms for alternative app distribution in the EU (18 August 2026). The reduction of fees is welcome, but the core problems for smaller developers and #FreeSoftware remain there.
🧵A thread on why we're still concerned about #DMA compliance.🧵
Joined Aug 2019
