Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

I have an idea for a patreon like system for software devlopment.
Suppose a software takes $10,000 to develop.
Then you set a minimum amount like $100 per license.
Then once 100 people buy it, the price of the license reduces to $10,000 ÷ 101. The difference is credited to all the original buyers. So as more and more people buy it, the per license price keeps dropping and the differnce is credited to all buyers.

I'd love to see someone implement this idea. Boosts appreciated.

How far the #fediverse has come in 2 years:
https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/90fz3z/activitypub_and_the_fediverse_do_you_think_it_can/

The problem with this whole Epic/Apple/Google debacle is I'm having trouble telling which multi-billion-dollar corporation truly has the best interests of me, the consumer, at heart.

Here's a photo displaying all the government-funded inventions that Apple compiled into its devices, which subsequently everyone clapped at saying "look what the free market did!":

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There is no scenario in which a user of Instagram should expect to have biometrics gathered.

We must stop victim blaming people, as done in comments and posts about the Instagram situation.

This violation of trust is solely in the hands of #Instagram / #Facebook and all actors involved in the illegal gathering of biometric data.

Working together to fight those that illegally invade #privacy is a path to victory.

https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/12/instagram-accused-of-harvesting-data/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-12/facebook-s-instagram-targeted-in-new-lawsuit-over-biometrics

#Illinois

In case you missed it, I wrote a little something about the Small Web on Friday.

What’s the Small Web?

Exactly.

Read on… ;)

https://ar.al/2020/08/07/what-is-the-small-web/

#SmallWeb #SmallTech

Don't know why I didn't add this before, but now awesome-humane-tech has a dedicated #Fediverse section.

The grassroots nature of the fediverse, its culture and the openness of the protocols used, such as #activitypub make it the 'land of promise' for humane technology with regards to social networking.

It's #awesome!

https://github.com/humanetech-community/awesome-humane-tech#fediverse

I hope Comradery ends up as promising as it looks. A co-op for ongoing creative support instead of having to use Patreon. Personally, wanting to focus more on my writing and having more options in the future for being financially supported is exciting.
https://comradery.co

#DeleteFacebook Entry 6

Study: http://web.stanford.edu/~gentzkow/research/facebook.pdf

#DeleteFacebook Entry 5

"The cash was flowing in, and companies around Silicon Valley and beyond adopted the same basic strategy: first, grow the user base as quickly as possible without worrying about revenue; second, collect as much data as possible about the users; third, monetize that information by performing big data analytics in order to show users advertising that is narrowly tailored to their demographics and revealed interests; fourth, profit."

- Dr #NathalieMaréchal, 2018.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwjden/targeted-advertising-is-ruining-the-internet-and-breaking-the-world

"The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free"

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-truth-is-paywalled-but-the-lies-are-free/

#DeleteFacebook Entry 3 #StopHateForProfit

Feel like there is no alternative to US cloud services? There is!

Your organization can keep data secure and private on your own servers, while gaining productivity and independence.

Take 1:20 to educate yourself and watch this video now.

When you're about to swipe away a notification on your phone, and just as you move your finger down, a new one pops up, everything slides down... and you've just dismissed a notification you haven't read yet.

Was it an important email? Which app did it come from? You'll never know.

Infuriating.

Two on-site job postings added today: https://puri.sm/jobs/ more (including remote work) will get posted in the future.

Pixelfed Loops is a Vine inspired experiment based around short looping videos, the beta launched in early 2019.

We have decided to retire this experiment and focus on an improved layout inspired by TikTok.

#pixelfed #pixeldev #loops #pixelfedLoops