McSinyx @mcsinyx@librem.one

Is there anything that #mpv can't play? The free media player has taken everything that we've thrown at it over the years, including streams piped from YouTube. All techies in the free software community should be #thankful to have it. https://u.fsf.org/37j

Another awesome video is this one about #Lisp and #Emacs running on @mobian on @PINE64 #PinePhone. It points out what's great about having true Linux on a smartphone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9loJmPyDY

Copying ain't stealing,
sure as I'm breathing,
information wants to be free.

The mafia wants us to believe
youtube-dl was made for thieves.
In fact,
it was made for human beings.

We might listen to your pleas,
once you respect our machines,
they belong to us - not you.

DRM? EME?
Your drivers are mean,
your blobs illicit,
the hardware complicit,
and yet--
it's never stopped piracy.

The real caper is your crimes.
The theft of OUR public domain.
DMCA abuse, attacks on fair use.
Net neutrality and regulatory capture.

Sell it to us fair and square,
your terms are too much to bear,
and until you're playing fair,
fuck off!

Yo ho, yo ho. A pirate's life for me!

@stereo @linmob element isn't usable on a phone, but hydrogen is.

I am not the biggest fan of Louis Rossmann, but this video is important. Right of ownership and right to repair matter. Not just for users, for independent repair – but also for the planet as a whole.
So go and watch: "An important message from Louis Rossmann" https://lbry.tv/@rossmanngroup:a/an-important-message-from-louis-2:6

One of the things I've been personally looking for on the #Librem5 was USSD support in Calls. No need to wait anymore, as it was recently implemented by Mohammed Sadiq just in time for the Evergreen release :) @purism #calls #gnome #mobile #gnu #linux

"There’s Still No Viable Open Source Business Model"

via https://gestaltit.com/podcast/tom/theres-still-no-viable-open-source-business-model/

SourceHut proves this wrong. Every single line of code we've written is open source, since day one. There are no periodic code dumps, no prototyping in private, no open core with paid extensions. We accept patches from the public. Our company is 100% bona-fide open source.

We've been profitable for 2 years, and our profit margin continues to grow. We published our Q3 financial report last week:

https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-11-11-sourcehut-q3-2020-financial-report/

It's still early, and we're still small. We did not take on any outside investments, either. But the model works. You CAN make money in open source.

Friendly reminder that Linux and Mesa and Weston maintainers have all accepted bribes to implement Digital Restrictions Management in the Linux graphics stack

links like this are reason enough to be on activitypub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZlRt05RY9Y

"As you may know, as of the time this text is being written youtube-dl’s repository at GitHub is blocked due to a DMCA takedown letter received by GitHub on behalf of the RIAA. While I cannot comment on the current maintainers' plans or ongoing discussions, in light of the claims made in that letter I thought it would be valuable to put in writing the first years of youtube-dl as the project creator and initial maintainer."

https://rg3.name/202011071352.html