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Captain Beyond

@ beyond @linkage.ds8.zone

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Caretaker of Sunhillow/DS8.ZONE. Free (Libre) Software enthusiast and promoter. Pronouns: any

Also /u/CaptainBeyondDS8 on reddit and CaptainBeyond on libera.chat.

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  • What open-source Android apps should people know about?

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  • They may be talking about F-Droid Basic

  • I'm making a FOSS all-in-one file converter app - looking for opinions!

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  • Given that the server end is self-hostable one could just bundle the frontend and the backend into a single package and run that as an app. I imagine that might be a bit too much though.

  • offline magic earth requires now a 15€ subscription

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  • "It's not foss but something something privacy..." Proprietary software, not even once.

  • So Long Firefox, Hello Vivaldi

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  • "AI" is whatever (it's a meaningless buzzword - some "AI features" I like and some I don't care about) but proprietary is a dealbreaker.

  • Any opensource alternatives to imgflip/kapwing for creating memes?

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  • Why does it need to be proprietary?

  • The ChromeOS of Linux: Basic use cases, impossible to break, ~1,000 happy(?) users, Nix based. Nixbook OS.

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  • No but you see Linux is good and holy and Google is evil, so anything it touches becomes evil and corrupt. Android and ChromeOS cannot be Real Linux because they are corrupted by evil Google cooties.

  • Open Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Away

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  • Switching to a proprietary license doesn't "fund open source" it funds proprietary software

    Which, fine, if your business model is incompatible with an open source license then sure. But don't present it as something it isn't

    Edit: You can dual license under a strong copyleft (strong enough to scare moochers away) and a proprietary license (fauxpen or traditional).

  • Here’s what ads on your $2,000 Samsung smart fridge will look like

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  • There should be a law that any time someone uses the word slam in a news context it should be about someone literally being slammed.

  • Tile/AirTag/Chipolo tracker recommendations for GrapheneOS?

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    F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

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  • As I understand it the sandboxed google apps are entirely optional. You can go completely free with GrapheneOS just like with LineageOS.

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    F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

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  • What's up with FUTO?

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  • Source availability is necessary but not sufficient for 2 of the 4 freedoms.

  • What's up with FUTO?

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  • Thankfully Immich is protected against rugpulls (i.e. becoming proprietary) by virtue of it not requiring a Contributor License Agreement (CLA), so FUTO doesn't even own the copyrights to the code. Therefore, if anyone is suspicious of FUTO's influence over the project, they can simply fork it (and I imagine someone will)

    But if you have something doing face detection I would hope it's stored locally and not sent to a "cloud" no matter who runs it.

  • What's up with FUTO?

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  • "good" is subjective but FUTO's software is non-free. Their attempts to openwash their proprietary license is enough of a red flag.

  • What's up with FUTO?

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  • No, he was just a talking head that they hired a while ago. According to some in this thread he's no longer with them today, but I don't have a source for that.

  • What's up with FUTO?

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  • What's up with FUTO?

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  • "FULU" is a consumer rights organization iirc. The name sounds like a spinoff or sister organization to FUTO, but I don't think there's an official relationship.

  • What's up with FUTO?

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  • FUTO has always been sus, but privacy redditors gave them a pass because of Rossmann's involvement.

  • What's up with FUTO?

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  • Blocking internet access doesn't magically turn proprietary software into free software.