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  • I’ve just tried it, and although the idea is interesting it doesn’t seem to be working as intended.

    I’m pretty sure all of these are FOSS, and thy were tagged as proprietary:

    • AnkiDroid
    • Moonlight
    • KDE Connect
    • KeePassDX
    • Lichess
    • MPV

    And these are also FOSS but were flagged as ‘Unknown’:

    • MGit
    • NetworkTools
    • Simple Audio Converter
    • Termux
    • Yet Another Call Blocker

    And there are others I’m not entirely sure if theyre FOSS or hybrid, that were also flagged as proprietary.

    Also not a fan of needing to subscribe to give feedback (like pointing out FOSS alternatives or false positives).


  • I believe it’s a mix. Both ‘nostalgia goggles’ and straight up facts.

    What I mean is that, when we were kids or teenagers we didn’t see things the same way our parents did. They were the ones struggling, and we were pretty much just playing around and complaining of mundane stuff. So it’s hard to tell how much ‘easier’ life was back then… we were just young.

    But at the same time I do completely agree that the advancement of technology and growth of USA giant corporations really fucked a lot of things up badly. While back in the day we couldn’t find answers or information to everything so easily, we lived a more ‘natural’ life, where everyone actually expected things to take a while to happen: you had to wake up, literally read the news if you wanted, take the car or bus to the job, and just then you started working, and while working you had to do some research and so on.

    Nowadays things either happen immediately or you’re tagged as lazy or something like it. You wake up with a lot of e-mails or message notifications on your smartphone, and people expect you to answer these demands ASAP. It’s not expected anymore that we do each thing in it’s own time anymore, and the volume of work is much bigger because you’re expected to solve problems much faster. This volume of demand and unrealistic expectations definitely generate stress and anxiety, which are huge health issues nowadays.

    And the fact that we now realize, thanks to the amount and speed of information we have today, how the industry leads are fucking everyone up without consequences doesn’t help in the slightest, since it leads to a feeling of being powerless and exploited.





  • I think people tend to be naive about Steam.

    I mean, I DO think that Steam is miles better than Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo/Epic and I would say they’re probably one of the biggest responsibles to make Linux that much more popular (both for consumer and for devs) in the latest years.

    But I don’t know what’s gonna happen to Steam after Gabe Newell leaves. I think there’s a huge risk for a dramatic shift in Valve / Steam monetization and culture. Things are fine now, but that’s still a corporation, and shareholders will want to get the last drop out of it just as these shitheads do to everything else.