Vincent Cloutier @vincent@librem.one

These corporations hate copyleft licensed software because its reciprocal nature - derivative works must also carry the same license, and cannot be "closed" - legally blocks the corporates from exploiting (colonising) the software for private profit without reciprocating to the community who created it. Imagine that.

If you've ever wondered how books get onto archive.org, this is how

Reminder that good fediverse admins don't block domains, they block users

So Gab has decided that their own code that they spent $5M of investor money developing is so unsalvageably bad that they're going to use Mastodon's code instead, with the added bonus of leeching off of our apps (with Gab apps being banned from app stores)

This is an early warning to fellow admins to be vigilant and domain-block them on sight, when/if they appear (unconfirmed whether they intend to federate), and to app devs to consider if blocking Gab's domains from their app is necessary.

https://v2.jacky.wtf/post/9a3f803a-9482-43b8-b8f4-1dbff7a13178

Stop using Google Chrome.

Google Chrome is moving to remove autonomy from Web users. Excuse me while I purge it from my machines. Please remember - it’s a “open source” “project” (commerically provided product) whose goal is to not to “affect our [Google’s] ability to customize ads and/or could block ads online, which would harm our business” (from their SEC 10-K filing).

Google Chrome is not built for people; it’s built for Google, by Google. You are their bank.

mom can I have [100% browser market share]
so you can [give everyone a fast and modern browser]?
yeeeeeees
*actually forces all users to disable adblocking like a boss*
g o o g l e time

The Future Is Federating Forges https://cjslep.com/c/blog/the-future-is-federating-forges

One of the many absurdities of capitalism in our technologically advanced world: I have to borrow an eBook from the library and return it so others can borrow it

i've spent my entire life practicing sleeping every night, and i still suck at it

London Underground to start tracking all phones using Wi-Fi starting in July https://t.co/YlF0P9fJSZ https://t.co/YRH3KObDQ7
#thevergebot

We've got big news.

After months of work, Tor Browser is now stable on Android.

Tor Browser 8.5 brings the highest degree of privacy and censorship-circumvention available to Android users. https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-85

The struggles of an open source maintainer

http://antirez.com/news/129