Post AMVmoOU7C08ET8weS8 by sergiotarxz@pleroma.aspie.freemyip.com
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 (DIR) Post #AMRUSpXBMpBCBR6kyW by blacklight@social.platypush.tech
       2022-08-11T20:32:19Z
       
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       This is why we NEED more open mobile tech. Any step taken by #Google and #Apple in the opposite direction is a crime against humanity that hinders talent and innovation, and it benefits nobody but their account sheets.I'm proud of this boy from Zambia showing a cheap #Android phone running Termux+neofetch.He learned to code on that Android phone, in a corner of the world where only the very wealthy can afford a personal computer.He now runs a Twitter account where he regularly posts about cybersecurity, with a particular focus on malware analysis and reverse engineering.Open-source software like #Termux that enable this guy to run a Linux-like system on a cheap phone are under constant threat. At every new release, the Android environment becomes more and more closed, requiring an increasing number of steps in order to install software that provides the degree of freedom that Termux does. Termux itself has recently been forced to target a lower version of the Android SDK because of new limitations on executing files from an app data folder introduced in Android 12. The app gets pulled from the Play Store for a variety of reasons every now and then, and it may not work at all on future versions of Android.Not to mention the lack of funding that this software gets (mostly from voluntary one-shot donations), and the frequent episodes of burnouts among FLOSS developers who are overwhelmed by the work required to build and maintain software without getting any rewards.It should be Google's responsibility to make sure that an African kid gets the same opportunities of becoming an engineer or a scientist as a Western one. Instead, in the best case scenario, they ship them a container of Chromebooks with their proprietary and closed software, no way of tinkering with it, and they act like they have made the world a better place.So whenever Google or Apple decide to force you to buy a new device through planned obsolescence, or whenever they restrict the possibility for users to tinker with devices that they have purchased, remember that their evil isn't only targeting people like me - Western white guys with enough disposable income to afford a personal computer to do all the tinkering.The main victims of their strategies are people like this guy, who would have never learned to code and may have never gotten a chance to land into a good job, if it wasn't for a cheap Android phone that could run a Linux-like environment.https://twitter.com/cyb3rops/status/1557496513311510531
       
 (DIR) Post #AMVmoOU7C08ET8weS8 by sergiotarxz@pleroma.aspie.freemyip.com
       2022-08-14T00:29:28.898483Z
       
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       @blacklight Termux-like applications are in danger with the current play store and sdk policies. Buy a real Linux capable phone instead of an Android/IOS phone if you want to contribute on people of poor countries to be able to become developers/cybersec guy and sysadmins. #fuckgafam