I'm too much disappointed with this bullshit, because it's coming from a company which I really appreciated 'n respected. AFAIK, Purism hasn't yet delivered the Librem 5 phone. If that's case, then it's a priority violation. Now, the best Purism can do is abort this bullshit and pay all the backers their money back before it's too late.
Librem One – A growing bundle of ethical services
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Re: Librem One – A growing bundle of ethical services
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ad supported products are not free, as you actually pay with your data. It is very insidious.
Sure, but it must also be recognized that this is true only if you value your data. In our bubbles we all certainly do. But in the context of a resident in a developing country who can’t afford to pay, the trade off of allowing access to your data rather than no access at all seems more ethical.
It might be enlightening for you to apply this line of reasoning to historical forms of exploitation. But no, it is not ethical to exploit someone just because they can't afford alternatives.
Re: Librem One – A growing bundle of ethical services
#73> Purism will generally not contact you for any reason except in the following situations: > "A lawful request for account information was received" Maybe sometimes, but the US government has an unconstitutional tool up its belt it has been using freely since 2001: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2709 > 18 U.S. Code § 2709. Counterintelligence access to telephone toll and transactional records > (c) Prohib…
FWIW, Purism does publish their warrant canaries: https://puri.sm/warrant-canary/
Re: Librem One – A growing bundle of ethical services
#74I support their effort of making free software more accessible. But saying "no ads" and then lists PIA as the only other vpn when they have partnered up with them dishonest [ https://puri.sm/posts/purism-becomes-pia-first-oem-partner/ ]
I was also confused by the competition chart[1]
Regarding the VPN row, I don't think this is a case of being dishonest - meaning, Purism is lying. Rather, this chart simply feels like it was created hurriedly.
What motive would they have for saying they are in competition with PIA, when PIA is most likely the service behind Librem Tunnel. Perhaps someone goofed.
Edit: My suspicion that this page was rushed is seemingly confirmed when I see:
"In the Press As mentioned in:"
But there is nothing there.
1: https://librem.one/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/competitive-ta...
Re: Librem One – A growing bundle of ethical services
#75This is quite dishonest, they make it seem like they develop the apps themselves. But they don't and they give no credit to the actual original apps. Librem Chat = Riot.im Librem Social = Mastodon (specifically the Tusky app) Librem Mail = K9 Mail Librem Tunnel = OpenVPN
So? They'll use the money to improve the apps and they will have to release the improvements under the GPL. It's a win-win.
Re: Librem One – A growing bundle of ethical services
#76I support their effort of making free software more accessible. But saying "no ads" and then lists PIA as the only other vpn when they have partnered up with them dishonest [ https://puri.sm/posts/purism-becomes-pia-first-oem-partner/ ]
I was also confused by the competition chart[1] Regarding the VPN row, I don't think this is a case of being dishonest - meaning, Purism is lying. Rather, this chart simply feels like it was created hurriedly. What motive would they have for saying they are in competition with PIA, when PIA is most likely the service behind Librem Tunnel. Perhaps someone goofed. Edit: My suspicion that this page was rushed is seeming…
It's PIA, look at their Google Play screenshot.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/R3_hK1xk1oBWLb_jXB9EsWETnO...
Re: Librem One – A growing bundle of ethical services
#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was also confused by the competition chart[1] Regarding the VPN row, I don't think this is a case of being dishonest - meaning, Purism is lying. Rather, this chart simply feels like it was created hurriedly. What motive would they have for saying they are in competition with PIA, when PIA is most likely the service behind Librem Tunnel. Perhaps someone goofed. Edit: My suspicion that this page was rushed is seeming…
It's PIA, look at their Google Play screenshot. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/R3_hK1xk1oBWLb_jXB9EsWETnO...
Yep. In that case, I wonder why they would list PIA as competition at all.
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
Speaking as the project lead for Matrix; we are continuing to work on Synapse's RAM use, and it will only get better over time. One big misconception is that somehow RAM usage is related to the number of users on your server - instead, it's related to the size & complexity of the rooms your users are participating in. In other words, one person who joins thousands of rooms with thousands of users in them will use a l…
Looks like we are using sqlite and Python 3.5.3, synapse cache factor is currently not set in our config, any pointers for how to migrate to Postgres? This box has basically been given to me after the person who set it up gave up in frustration.
https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/postg... has the details.
Fwiw, we're addressing the sqlite issue by stopping servers from federating for now if they are on sqlite (https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/5078). Sorry you got bitten by this.
Re: Librem One – A growing bundle of ethical services
#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's PIA, look at their Google Play screenshot. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/R3_hK1xk1oBWLb_jXB9EsWETnO...
Yep. In that case, I wonder why they would list PIA as competition at all.
That whole diagram is full of weirdness. No mention of Dropbox or Box, no mention of Office 365, etc.
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
If we want federated services, like matrix, to take off then we need to find a way to get users to pay for it. Everybody is still free to set up a server at home or on a VPS. But there has to be a place you can point ordinary people to.
Yup! Privacy apps are borderline useless to me if the people I want to engage with don't use them. And probably 95% of the people in my social circle are not hackers/engineers who are comfortable managing their own servers.
while you make the non-free app more appealing by giving in and using them