There’s something sad about society losing a such a unique source of knowledge, but hopefully we’ve collectively learned something about the dangers of trusting proprietary solutions.
Anyone found a reliable way to search across Lemmy instances they can share?
Proton AG lost me as a customer the minute they backdoored a binding arbitration clause into their TOS last year.
The difficulty of proving damages in breach of privacy cases combined with generally weak privacy legislation globally means the threat of a class action often serves as one of the only practical deterrents to abuses of power by corporations controlling sensitive personal information. By changing its terms of service, Proton essentially immunized itself from suffering any significant penalty in the event its negligence leads to a mass breach of privacy of its users.
Tactics like the use of binding arbitration clauses are hallmarks of inherently untrustworthy corporations.
Highly recommend pairing this with David Allen’s GTD and Rainer König’s excellent course Getting yourself organized with Org-mode
Anyone care to share their thoughts on proper netiquette when posting to a Peertube instance?
Specifically I’d be interested to learn if it’s only considered appropriate for those contributing to the network (either by hosting a server or contributing financially) to post or if the uploading of original work is itself is considered a contribution.
While I haven’t ordered from them personally, ThinkPenguin’s well respected by the community.
They’ve been around for about 15 years and have a focus on freedom respecting tech, which is why they work closely with the FSF.
Does anyone know how much the ability to upgrade a Framework machine in the future depends on the company?
Are third parties free to manufacture compatible parts?
Balance:
a) damage done by another Trump presidency
vs
b) damage done by demonstrating to the ruling class that you’ll give them whatever they want so long as you genuinely fear one of the candidates
Tough call. I wish each and every one of you who has a say in this clairvoyance beyond mine.