{"id":8536,"date":"2021-06-25T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=8536"},"modified":"2021-06-25T07:51:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T05:51:36","slug":"write-on-medium-no-thanks-youre-proprietary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2021\/06\/25\/write-on-medium-no-thanks-youre-proprietary\/","title":{"rendered":"Write on Medium? No thanks, you’re proprietary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today I found this flashing notice on the daily mail I get from Medium.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Write<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Let me be cristal clear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Write on Medium? No thanks, you’re proprietary<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

While I appreciate some tech blogs hosted by Medium, in the improbable event that I will become a tech-blog-star I will never rely on proprietary software, not when there are so many excellent alternative libere<\/em>, alterternatives<\/a> based on software libero<\/a>, aka libre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I found this flashing notice on the daily mail I get from Medium.com: Let me be cristal clear: While I appreciate some tech blogs hosted by Medium, in the improbable event that I will become a tech-blog-star I will never rely on proprietary software, not when there are so many excellent alternative libere, alterternatives…<\/p>\n

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