According to Wikipedia Bending Spoons owns WeTransfer, a “service” that many people – I am among those – suggest to avoid. And Evernote, Issuu, Meetup, Vimeo and others. I wonder where they have found all the money…
Category: Proprietary software
Ethics, Proprietary software, Software, Software Libero
Il dito e la luna
Anche qui guardano il dito e non la luna: Ubuntu Dice Addio a GNU/Linux: Una Svolta Epocale tra Timori e Opportunità | Tutto Quello che Devi Sapere” Ubuntu, una delle distribuzioni Linux più popolari al mondo, sta per compiere una svolta epocale: abbandonare GNU/Linux per abbracciare tecnologie moderne, Non è una questione di “evoluzione tecnologica”…
Ethics, Proprietary hardware, Proprietary software
It will not be a Synology!
Synology Locks Key NAS Features Behind Proprietary Drive Requirement Dear Synology… I’m going to buy a NAS. Now I’m sure it will not be a Synology!
Comparisons, Proprietary software, Software Libero
Farewell buggy software! Welcome KOReader & Plato!
Since the native software of my Kobo aura is so buggy that always crash with certain EPUBs, after reaching a specific page I finally decided to follow the One-Click Install Packages for KOReader & Plato. I installed both KOReader and Plato. I started trying KOReader. Needless to say it works like a breeze, and as…
Android, Mood, Proprietary software
Cheating
Surely they are not free-as-in-freedom software. Plus they resemble cheating to me! But they look so tempting!
Mood, Proprietary software
Stupid choices
Pretty stupid choices, at least the first. Ok the second is debatable, but the first is just stupid unless you just want to lock-in your user-base.
Apple, Proprietary hardware, Proprietary software
Apple ha rotto le web app su iPhone in Europa, di proposito
Apple ha rotto le web app su iPhone in Europa, di proposito | SmartWorld La cosa che fa più rabbia è che le PWA Progressive Web Application erano l’unica maniera per installare applicazioni nella prima versione di iOS! To be fair Apple was really the first platform to support the concept of a web app.…
Apple, Microsoft, Proprietary software, Software, Software Libero
Quickemu
This quickemu could easily dislodge VirtualBox as my favorite desktop virtualization solution:
Proprietary software, Role Play Games
Watabou’s Procgen Arcana
Android, Proprietary software, Smartphones
How to Uninstall Any Android App With ADB (Including System Apps and Bloatware)
Android phones often come with lots of extra apps installed. If you can’t uninstall them normally, you can remove them using the ADB tool. Here’s how. Source: How to Uninstall Any Android App With ADB (Including System Apps and Bloatware)