Now I know I’ve done the-right-thing supporting Librem5. I knew that almost all phones comes with a proprietary OS, either the prison-ware iOS or proprietary derivative of Android. Yet I wasn’t aware that the situation is SO bad. Read this. Android is not open source – The Quantified VC – Medium
Category: Ethics
Privacy
Fastidiosissimo
Anche se sono online dal 1996 o giù di lì (chiedete a DuckDuckGo se non ci credete!) ho esitato molto ad iscrivermi a Facebook nonostante si fossero iscritti quasi tutti i miei compagni di scuola, amici e conoscenti. Anche se “ce l’han tutti” avevo già annusato la grossa fregatura riassumibile in “se non paghi sei…
Ethics
Apple to Deprecate Scripting Languages in Future Versions of macOS – TidBITS
Apple says future versions of macOS won’t include a number of open-source scripting languages. The impact of this change will vary depending on the audience, but it will affect more people than you might think. Source: Apple to Deprecate Scripting Languages in Future Versions of macOS – TidBITS This is a clear “Embrace, extend, extinguish”…
Android, Ethics, Privacy, Proprietary software, Smartphones, Software Libero, Web
Eh che stufita!
Dear Facebook, I’ve been accessing your social service using Frost an free-as-in-freedom Android app. Why? Because I don’t trust you. You already far too much about me. And knowing your ways of handling and selling the data you collect I’ve decided to confine you as much as possible and this means that I will never…
Link
Lessons learned and mistakes made while turning an open-source project into a profitable SaaS product.
GitHub stars won’t pay your rent – Kitze – Medium
Ethics, Proprietary hardware
Another reason
Everyday I keep finding reasons to avoid Apple products. Why? Because they consider their clients like sub-humans that must be kept stupid and shackled. “Pseudo browsers like Chrome, Edge, and FireFox on iOS also do not support any progressive web app functionality on iOS. These browsers use the webview to render pages and not their…
Ethics, Proprietary software, Software
Not as freedom…
I’ve been designing concrete mixes for almost 20 years and I’ve always used spreadsheets. Seeing those frees for a “free product” Free Concrete Mix Design Software | Concrete Quality make me think that we do actually need one which is free-as-in-freedom The Concrete Quality software is free” Free to use, pay only for additional…
Ethics, Fantasy, Fun, Mood
Udilla
Molto bello questo “Udilla” di Nino Milani (Fabbri Editori). Breve e snello l’ha proposto la professoressa di Italiano a mia figlia ed alla sua classe come una delle letture facoltative per l’estate della 1° media. Non voglio rovinarvi la sorpresa della lettura, voglio solo dirvi che lo scrittore mi ha sorpreso e sorpreso positivamente. Scorre…
Ethics, Software, Software Libero
L’antimafia ed il Software Libero
Le piccole soddisfazioni della vita: andare su sito della prefettura di Monza e Brianza per rinnovare l’iscrizione dell’azienda per cui si lavora alla White List antimafia e notare questa frase Se non si dispone del pacchetto Office click qui per scaricare il software gratuito Open Office È già un grosso passo avanti che su siti…