Post Avtz1cfyqaSm9twGDQ by ebassi@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #Avtz1P29ZLsfqcClpg by ebassi@mastodon.social
       2025-07-07T16:26:35Z
       
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       I've said it before, but I have to say it again: my days of not taking the FSF seriously are certainly coming to a middle
       
 (DIR) Post #Avtz1Q2XpNmuy7Ob56 by apophis@brain.worm.pink
       2025-07-07T17:49:47.577880Z
       
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       @ebassi > Even though it is free software, it is part of a scheme that is far too similar to proprietary software to be acceptable.they're so fucking pedantic about everything and then turn around and say THIS!? jesus fucking christ fuck the FSF and everything it stands for (which at this point clearly no longer includes anything i value about the idea of free/libre software)
       
 (DIR) Post #Avtz1TTx1wUddzF1iS by ebassi@mastodon.social
       2025-07-07T16:28:53Z
       
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       The amount of pretzeling logic in that paragraph is staggering; I'm surprised the entire page didn't collapse under its own weight straight into a singularity
       
 (DIR) Post #Avtz1YC3Vu9KFvuJ16 by ebassi@mastodon.social
       2025-07-07T16:37:30Z
       
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       "The calculations are the same kind of calculations done by crypto-currency mining programs"—so it's TLS, used by your web server."A program which does calculations that user does not want done is a form of malware"—I assume the FSF is switching to bare HTTP or Gopher, then, because I certainly didn't ask my web browser to use encryption to read that bunch of crap."Proprietary software is often malware"—where the hell does that sentence come from?
       
 (DIR) Post #Avtz1cfyqaSm9twGDQ by ebassi@mastodon.social
       2025-07-07T16:43:03Z
       
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       "if we used Anubis, we would be pressuring users into running malware"—once again, where is that coming from?1. Anubis is using computations2. Other bad software is using similar computations3. Proprietary software is bad4. Some proprietary software is malware5. Anubis is malwareThis whole thing is intellectually bankrupt
       
 (DIR) Post #Avtz1hKBZ304ZkmQRE by ebassi@mastodon.social
       2025-07-07T16:47:17Z
       
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       I mean, the FSF is a morally bankrupt organisation without a reason to exist outside the maintenance of the quality of life that RMS is accustomed to, but I half expected obsessive rule lawyers with nothing better to do to *at least* get syllogisms right
       
 (DIR) Post #AvtzL5HwgvPqOsybpI by lispi314@udongein.xyz
       2025-07-07T20:55:13.095581Z
       
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       @ebassi @Seirdy Mandating Javascript on a site is an undue trust requirement.Even with a Free license there is no guarantee it is benign and no particular reason to risk it.
       
 (DIR) Post #Avtzl0JxmasgWVHPZw by untsuki@udongein.xyz
       2025-07-07T21:13:32.598390Z
       
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       @lispi314 @ebassi @Seirdy That way it makes sense.- Anubis requires JS- JS is a security risk for a lot of reasonsFSF post was looking more like throwing every plausible and made up reason together to justify hating on that particular piece of software...
       
 (DIR) Post #Avu02A5YihZLjwivqa by lispi314@udongein.xyz
       2025-07-07T21:16:19.275318Z
       
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       @untsuki @ebassi @Seirdy They would have been better off just claiming it is actively disrespectful of the user and their resources in nearly the same way that JS webworker miners are.Because even if it were to be verifiably benign, the above remains.
       
 (DIR) Post #Avu1kDfirIFLY7D9YO by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
       2025-07-07T21:35:53Z
       
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       @Seirdy @ebassi @lispi314 @untsuki I'd go a step further:Any software that does proof-of-work on the user's computer, that you run on that user's computer without the user's consent, is malware.Now, if the user had to manually run proof-of-work software on their choice, then it'd probably not be malware anymore, just a nuisance.
       
 (DIR) Post #AvuHVahMYyEft51baC by grillchen@brotka.st
       2025-07-08T00:32:31.885085Z
       
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       @lispi314 @ebassi @Seirdy i understand where they are coming from. you request a http site, you get a javascript thingie wasting your cpu time. properietary software is pretty much always malware from the perspective of free software enjoyers. anubis is a radical answer to a huge problem but to my understanding also heavily overrated.  (see this thread for alternative approaches)