De-Google-Ify Internet • Hacker News Board

jcelerier wrote: post #15

quickthrower2 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That graphic is unfortunate

it is a reference to Asterix, a very famous strip comic ( https://fredericbaylot.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/13asterix... ) ; it symbolizes resistance (and ultimately victory) against something that seems much bigger and stronger ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix )

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Re: De-Google-Ify Internet

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Post by 3chelon » Mon, Mar 04, 2019, 11:34 AM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #21

3chelon wrote: post #13

They lost me at "independance".

It is a common spelling mistake for people from a French background.

Fair enough. It's a common mistake for people from an English background, too, but these days we have tools to eliminate typos like that.

Re: De-Google-Ify Internet

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Post by titzer » Mon, Mar 04, 2019, 11:34 AM UTC

3chelon wrote: post #13

They lost me at "independance".

The period goes in the quotation at the end of a sentence, like "so."

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Post by saagarjha » Mon, Mar 04, 2019, 11:38 AM UTC

mkettn wrote: post #17

diszd wrote: post #6

https://degooglisons-internet.org/img/Peha-Banquet-CC-By-192... This is not what I want the Internet to be.

At least Google and Apple are big contributors to open source software (e.g. Chromium, CUPS). Instead of roasting big companies (because... privacy?) we should work together. This picture does more harm, because it view companies purely as enemies.

> At least Google and Apple are big contributors to open source software (e.g. Chromium, CUPS).

…that's a strange choice. Basically every company in that comic contributes in some way to open source.

Re: De-Google-Ify Internet

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Post by SiempreViernes » Mon, Mar 04, 2019, 11:38 AM UTC

This is a French free software foundation that have collected together various open source alternatives under a unified branding.

Being neither a startup nor american, they are of course condemned to eternal scorn by many HN readers.

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Post by SiempreViernes » Mon, Mar 04, 2019, 11:39 AM UTC

fredsanford wrote: post #20

I'm curious how Framasoft will keep the lights on and the servers running without ads/data-collection.

The same way wikipedia or the linux foundation keeps running I suppose.

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Post by muthdra » Mon, Mar 04, 2019, 11:41 AM UTC

Fradow wrote: post #7

matthberg wrote: post #2

Each proposed "free alternative" looks like it comes from the site owner, FramaSoft (example: Google Forms -> FramaForms, Google Maps -> Framacarte). While I appreciate the efforts to de-centralize the internet, this is more an ad for the company than anything.

The free alternative (without quote, they really are free) are mostly other free software with a FramaSoft branding, in order to make it look like a coherent offering rivaling Google suite. If you go in the documentation of each software, you will see what project it comes from. For example, Framabag is Wallabag, Framanotes is Turtl, Framapad is Etherpad, etc...

I can't wait for them to release the latest update for FramaWeb (which is just firefox but you call it FramaWeb) to the FramaOS (which is just linux but you call it FramaOS) for my FraMachine (which is just a computer but it's specifically built by this one dude and you call it the FraMachine).

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Post by growlist » Mon, Mar 04, 2019, 11:43 AM UTC

SiempreViernes wrote: post #27

This is a French free software foundation that have collected together various open source alternatives under a unified branding. Being neither a startup nor american, they are of course condemned to eternal scorn by many HN readers.

They could at least run this page through a spell checker. If they can't get that right, then..