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If you have a moment, file a complaint against X with the Apple App Store.
If you have a moment, file a complaint against X with the Apple App Store.
Start considering moving your communities out of Discord now. Donβt wait for the enshittiffication to arrive, the clock is ticking. No one will listen to me, but letβs talk again later. https://www.reuters.com/business/chat-platform-discord-confidentially-file-us-ipo-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-01-06/
Commerzbank (one of the largest German banks) just banned GrapheneOS:
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/28440-commerzbank-one-of-the-largest-german-banks-bans-grapheneosThere is literally zero reason why banking apps shouldn't work on GrapheneOS, and yet so many European financial institutions prefer to rely on the security assurances of megacorporations controlled by a foreign country.
How my students taught me that Githubβs monopoly is hurting the Open Source ecosystem even more than I thought.
https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html
#github #floss
The issue has been resolved and the server is back online.
The server is down due to an ISP problem.
https://netzsphaere.xyz/media/991e99c51a8212ce649dd31d04353f38d497af1667dac6219d582fcaf7bd894f.jpg
https://netzsphaere.xyz/media/fca9fdb863d1d53a9748f88fbf5c90fc589816bd84e1098910cfe873fb001313.jpg
Given the choice between publicly shaming bad behaviour vs. preempting bad behaviour with a laundry list of expectations, I generally prefer the former. (n.b. This is not about Codes of Conduct.)
That said, Cory Doctorow's "good questions" guidelines in this talk are both spot-on and concise :)
1. A good question has one part, not two
2. A good question is not more of a comment than a question
3. A good question is (almost without exception) not about AI
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet#t=3127
The most succinct and accurate description of the Old Web Iβve seen to date.
the developers of said software should have the right to claim sovereignty over their software and revoke the malicious usersβ licensesProprietary software developers think that users who don't pay for their software or wish to remove anti-features from the software are "malicious".