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I think people trust too much generally. That's not going to change with any paradigm put forth. However if you're running binaries from vendors you don't trust, you're playing wit…

Oops, was writing on my mobile. Can't edit it now, thanks though.

You trust Facebook when you log into Facebook.com. Facebook.com/fdroid would be the hypothetical trusted endpoint for Facebook apps. You should not have one gatekeeper that ensures…

Fdroid allows you to run your own repo and up your own builds. MicroG does this, so these are built by them. More devs should do this. Fdroid building everything isn't scalable nor…

I'd be happy if they just released it DRMfree on GOG or something. It existed long before tying your game to Steam's API was ever a thing. I'd buy it again, especially if it was th…

I use prosody and it's really slick. Extensions that implement server-side XEPs are really easy to add on as well. Just git pull the community XEP repo and then add a line to the i…

This is good to see. I feel like self-hosting is no longer really a priority for a lot of people, even privacy advocates. As things get more cloudy, people end up trusting these th…

SCOTUS seems to disagree with you[0][1]. I try to read or at least skim what I agree to. Some companies have an opt-out of their binding arbitration (eg. Ting), which I try to make…

IANAL, but it looks like when you agree to the Microsoft TOS you waive your right to bring a Class Action suit against Microsoft >Class action lawsuits, class-wide arbitrations, pr…

The "new" Microsoft was a change in business model, not a sudden thawing of the heart. Windows used to be the product, now Windows users are. This is similar to Google and Facebook…

I dual boot on my PC, Ubuntu and Windows. I'm writing this from my Arch laptop. I only drop into Windows if I want to play a Windows-only game, but thankfully that's happening less…

I agree, they're really late to the game. It seems like a slam dunk business-wise as they can get the android and IOS market on the same app and cultivate a household name. They wo…

I'm still putting my money on vector.im and matrix.org. Closed source communication apps are not appealing to me, even if they come with an E2E promise. From a business perspective…

Different strokes. I think maintaining the LAMP Wordpress stack, extensions, admin panel auth security, whatever versionpress is etc. is more hassle than editing a text file and pu…

You could throw Jekyll, Middleman, Pelican or Hugo on the server and run their build command with a git hook. Then you'd get the same result, but a completely static website withou…

I considered doing this with my hugo blog, but decided I wanted to do the work on my client and keep my server stupid. In order to build my site, I have a lot of minification, pdf …

On one hand, I like that Stallman is opinionated and forward about his politics and how we wants the world to work. So many people are silent or inactive about the things they care…

In the US you can't do research about a product then go out and buy quality product from a quality provider. That's really where I see a lot of the problems with all of this. Yes t…

Fiber will be a dumb pipe company until it serves Alphabet's interests that it not be. Right now market adoption and growth is more important than trying to capitalize on their use…

>The complete failure of IT privacy in the US proves that voting with your dollar and voice doesn't work. The very existance of companies like Google, Facebook and thousands of oth…

I won't use a Microsoft Windows computer as my daily driver due to dark patterns, privacy issues, new business model etc, but I also wouldn't advocate for strict legislation in thi…

I agree with his points. If I had to prescribe to a political ideology, libertarianism would probably be the closest to how I reason things out. I've always thought, though, that i…