Elias @eliasr@librem.one

@jnv@fosstodon.org @stu good morning to you too. Although it's not really morning here any longer. Some kind of greeting anyway 🙂

@alison @hehemrin good to hear that you have not used it. ⭐ Please don't start.

One reason to stay away from it is that it's apparently made by something that calls itself "Open AI" but it is not at all open, on the contrary "Open AI" is very much closed. Fraud already in the name.

@5am I know this is not what you're asking, but I just want to say anyway, for anyone in the situation you describe: please tell your bank that they need to provide better solutions than whatever proprietary app they have now, because it is not working for you. You can argue this based on security and privacy. You are their customer, they should listen to you. They may not listen because you are a minority, but at least they cannot get away with saying that they have not had any complaints.

@malveus

> Kan jag bara använda nån
> annan app för poddar?

Ja!

Jag har ingen vidare koll på detta men det finns någon sorts standardsätt (kanske flera) som poddar brukar finnas tillgängliga med, som inte har något med Spotify att göra.

Skulle tro att om du tar vilken poddspelare-app som helst så finns det en sökfunktion och så hittar man "alla" poddar där.

I datorn kör jag ett program som heter gPodder och den kan hitta allt möjligt.

@leighelse I think that's a misleading number. The actual difference is infinite, because with Linux we have the source code available and the ability to modify it according to our needs. Infinitely better!

@karlemilnikka Have a look at a list of the top 10 largest companies in the world. You will find Google, Apple, Microsoft all in the top 5. They control the operating systems of nearly all devices people use today. Their power is a serious threat.

Now imagine Google and Apple merging into a single company. (if not officially merging they could anyway do that informally) Would you still recommend their products?

They are becoming like "E Corp" in the Mr. Robot tv series. Not good. No!

6/6

@karlemilnikka

Google becoming a hardware+software company like Apple is certainly good for Google's business, but it's bad news for those of us who want to have some kind of freedom.

The "Google Pixel" devices are part of that, and it's not good. The size and power of those companies is really dangerous.

5/?

@karlemilnikka

Another thing that bothers me: how can you recommend Google Pixel phones?!?

The fact that Google has started expanding its influence to include hardware making is very dangerous.

They are moving towards having control of both the operating system and the hardware, like Apple.

Having separate hardware makers and software makers is good, because it leads to standards being used and it limits the power of any one individual company.

4/?

@karlemilnikka

Google and Facebook can do this kind of crap, and they can do much worse, without consequences. It is not surprising that they behave badly, it is to be expected. And we should expect even worse in the future, as their power increases even further.

3/?

Regarding the fact that Facebook and Google are shamelessly publishing blatant malware ads and refusing to take them down, @karlemilnikka asks "how is this possible?" as if it was super surprising.

The reason that is possible, which is not mentioned in the podcast, is that those companies are so big that they do not need to care. There is effectively no competition, no "market forces" that would matter to them.

2/?

Here goes a minor rant after listening to the last few episodes of the IT-security podcast by @karlemilnikka

Writing this in English even though the podcast is in Swedish, as the issues are really not specific to Sweden.

1/?

A question to @Mer__edith and @signalapp : when will Signal Desktop be available for aarch64 (arm64) CPUs so that it becomes straightforward to install #Signal on #MobileLinux devices such as #Librem5 and #PinePhone ?

If that is not happening, then why, what is stopping you?

The (wrong and silly) assumption that everyone must use Google/Apple phones is expected from Big Tech these days but you are supposed to be among the good guys. Please help us be free from Google/Apple 🙂

Missa inte hackträffen imorgon lördag med Uppsala Linux User Group @ulug när @samuel från @konstellationen ska berätta om bland annat "plattformar, verktyg och sociala rum på nätet där det är användarna som har makten och inte företagen"!

https://www.ulug.se/post/2024-04-20-hacktraff-april/

Har vi tur kanske @jonarvid dyker upp också 🙂 #ULUG #linux #foss #floss #hackmeeting #uppsala

@xianc78 I think I would still care, but it is true that FOSS has become very much more important, even critical, due to all the internet-related badness going on these days. FOSS is the only way to at least try to not be owned.

@dagen jag tycker det hade varit fint om KD lät sig inspireras av vad Jesus hade att säga om att hjälpa människor i nöd. Vilken migrationspolitik skulle Jesus ha förespråkat? Skulle Jesus ha uppmuntrat samarbete med SD?