Matrix is bloated, eating VPS resources and it’s tied to Israeli Intel. Xmpp is better than bloated matrix. Besides I don’t trust matrix very much. Most of users use main matrix instance and don’t bother to spread the servers to avoid centralization
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Technology@beehaw.org•Is Google going to make Android a nightmare?English
10·2 years agoIf android were GPL 3 the users would be protected from “tivoization” aka locked hardware. Too bad Google don’t want that happen
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Technology@lemmy.ml•The era of cheap streaming is officially overEnglish
4·2 years agoWith streaming services you have to pay and you don’t own it, with torrents you only have to pay for internet fee and you’ll own it forever.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?
54·2 years agoAs a free software supporter, I don’t use properietary software. Sure there are some inconveniences but I won’t trade my freedom for all proprietary software in the world.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Amazon starting to track and penalize workers who work from home too much
15·2 years agoWhy would all employers make such a big deal of WFH? If I were them I’d let anyone work at home as long as they do their jobs properly I don’t care
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Technology@beehaw.org•PSA: Intel Graphics Drivers Now Collect Telemetry By Default
10·2 years agoBelieve or not, I still use core2duo CPU and GeForce 5300 and I run free operating system because newer technology contains shit
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Technology@beehaw.org•So tired of Adobe. They're part of the problem.
17·2 years agoDigital RESTRICTIONS management / DRM is the core of Adobe
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Technology@beehaw.org•Google Gmail continuously nagging to enable Enhanced Safe Browsing
16·2 years agoImagine using chromium, imaging using gmail
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Technology@beehaw.org•Apple removes Russian-language news podcast produced by Meduza, an independent media outlet, from Apple Podcasts
46·2 years agoWow Apple, a proprietary software which are known to treat users badly and enforce cencorship suddenly remove my podcast? I’m shocked!
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Technology@beehaw.org•Google’s Plan To DRM The Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood ForEnglish
5·2 years agoGlad I deleted my gmail account, a gateway to google walled garden, years ago. Even if google put Digital Restriction Management on its shitty browser I would use Firefox and Pale moon browser. Never been a a fan of chromi-shitty-um
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Technology@beehaw.org•Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web
75·2 years agoThis is why proprietary software subjugates users. Stallman is right.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Gfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken down - gHacks Tech NewsEnglish
1·2 years agoI’m glad one of GIF platforms went down. GIF format is disgusting anyway. APNG is superior in every way and should replace ugly GIF garbage format.
Nope xmpp is still going strong. I’ve been using xmpp over whtsapp for a while and I like it so much. You can even make a voice and video call. The best thingis it is federated just like fediverse