M. Orange

This is why I switched to using Migadu as my email provider with my own URL. They make no qualms about saying email is inherently insecure, but they’re cheap, have great customer service, and they’re independent.

Not yet, but Conduit is fairly close if I’m not mistaken.

Synapse is a mess, which is why Element is looking to eventually drop it for Dendrite. There’s also Conduit.

Your complaint is really just a symptom of the problems inherent in the centralization of the internet. The terms of service of basically all tech platforms gives them unilateral control of how those terms are enforced. If one doesn’t like the terms of service set on a given platform, one should not use said platform.

I tend not to agree with them, so I don’t use them. Others should probably do the same.

You mean the problems that experts said 10+ years ago would happen are happening?

It was actually a reference to Eminem’s song “Stan” about an insane fan who murders his family or something.

I recommend Lawnchair!

Toot actually isn’t official anymore. They changed it to notes (p sure), but the userbase decided to keep using toots because it’s cuter.

It’s just a cute little comic strip that conveys a fun message.

Last I heard, which was admittedly a long time ago, Pale Moon was dangerously out of date with respect to security and web standards and not much more than a meme. I feel like I remember a significant change in leadership relatively recently, but has Pale Moon actually become a viable alternative?

Beyond that, WebKit is still a thing. Ladybird is too though it’s still quite a ways from primetime.

These entities all have similar names and share similar origins, having been started by the founders of Open Collective and incubated in the Open Collective ecosystem, but are independent nonprofits with their own budget, accounts, staff, board of directors, and mission. They each have a separate commercial relationship with Open Collective. [emphasis not mine]

Open Collective, Inc. seemingly has nothing to do with OCF shutting down and neither entity has claimed anything to the contrary.

Right here.

This post also clarifies the differences between the entities that make up the Open Collective family and what this dissolution means.

Most available “landlines” nowadays are just VoIP anyway tho. It’s why my dad got into ham radio.

Is “forced labor” any different from slavery?

My interests are being gay and TV shows about middle aged women.

I tried it, but it was way too full of cryptobros. I felt like I didn’t fit in.

Element is starting to look really really nasty in all of this. It’s disconcerting to me.

Well, she’s the former CTO.

What about Xfce or Budgie?

It reads to me like they’re saying that they feel like they might be attacked by Meta employees.

That said, it’s uh… quite a choice to have made to say that.