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Doing this just a week before FOSDEM [1], a very large conference that will run online using Matrix, is scandalous. https://fosdem.org/2021/ https://fosdem.org
by okso 6y ago
Doing this just a week before FOSDEM [1], a very large conference that will run online using Matrix, is scandalous.
https://fosdem.org/2021/ https://fosdem.org/2021/
- young_unixer 6y agoAnd Google is a sponsor.
- jgtrosh 6y agohttps://fosdem.org/2021/about/sponsors/#google https://fosdem.org/2021/about/sponsors/#google Uh oh
- dest 6y agoThe irony is high
- ath92 6y agoIt's almost as if Google is not one person but consists of many people with different opinions/interests
- monadic3 6y agoGoogle is just Larry and Moe pullin' a fast one on Curly.
- fauigerzigerk 6y agoIt's almost as if these people didn't coordinate at all in spite of operating as part of the same corporation, enjoying protections such as limited liability. Google is not a subreddit.
- Erlich_Bachman 6y agoThis is far from ideal, but someone attending FOSDEM is surely able to download an .apk from official site of Element and install it?
- est31 6y agoOr from F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/im.vector.app/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/im.vector.app/
- SirensOfTitan 6y agoPeople always mention a workaround when this kind of stuff happens, but censorship can be heavily effective just by reducing access. If a medium sized business is looking at communication platforms, and element is suddenly not available on the play store, maybe they’ll just Google’s offering instead.
- im3w1l 6y agoWhile I agree in general, if you are going to fosdem, you are part of a self-selected group that will jump this hurdle without second thought.