Post 9uvC0ozSsqgLsObKBk by aran@organicdesign.pub
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 (DIR) Post #9uoc8TYYwjH9EMRjeK by aran@organicdesign.pub
       2020-05-07T21:12:42Z
       
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       Keybase just sold out, they've been acquired by zoom! I was one of the first users, but I'll be deleting my account today 😩
       
 (DIR) Post #9uvC0ozSsqgLsObKBk by aran@organicdesign.pub
       2020-05-11T01:22:50Z
       
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       Lesson learned? Even Libre software can fool you into joining a walled garden. Only networks formed from open protocols such as the #fediverse and #XMPP are truly #independent.
       
 (DIR) Post #9uvOjVBuXgyQx2UiKe by 0@mamot.fr
       2020-05-11T03:45:23Z
       
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       @aranI always check #FDroid. If something is not there, that's probably bad news. As in the case at hand: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/-/issues/191Besides: a) is the server code open source at all? b) it's plain obvious that the whole point of the site was to cross link “social media” accounts. This was as “free” as #GitHub.
       
 (DIR) Post #9ux0cLPYV3kP531EjQ by Naughtylus@fosstodon.org
       2020-05-11T22:25:02Z
       
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       @aran That's what some would call the difference between open-source software and truly libre software (keybase being just open-source by that distinction)
       
 (DIR) Post #9ux0xCtNMusYjxuoE4 by aran@organicdesign.pub
       2020-05-11T22:28:39Z
       
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       @Naughtylus I think there's still another layer, no matter open and freely accessible the code is, if it's a network that's not built on an open standard then it's still a form of walled garden because you're dependent on that specific program. Tox or Scuttlebutt are good examples of what I mean, they have their own specific protocols that nothing else uses.
       
 (DIR) Post #9uz2nBiJU2luPk0k4G by loziniak@quitter.pl
       2020-05-12T21:57:12Z
       
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       @aran @Naughtylus Still, anybody CAN use it.
       
 (DIR) Post #9uzDuBxE5QzMgPWq3c by aran@organicdesign.pub
       2020-05-13T00:02:43Z
       
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       @loziniak @Naughtylus anybody can use Facebook too.
       
 (DIR) Post #9uzEWTUxJ4xq6CYmaO by loziniak@quitter.pl
       2020-05-13T00:09:01Z
       
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       @aran @Naughtylus I mean client app developers, not users.