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I don't understand the use case for this software. Is the primary value that it will redirect to an alternative FOSS service if the requested FOSS service is of
by ericyd 3y ago
I don't understand the use case for this software. Is the primary value that it will redirect to an alternative FOSS service if the requested FOSS service is offline?
I can kinda understand the value of redirecting from a non-FOSS frontend to a FOSS frontend, but if someone were inclined to share a link to a FOSS frontend in the first place I'm not sure why you'd go to the extra trouble of putting the link behind this service.
- c0wb0yc0d3r 3y agoI don't think it's meant to be primarily used as a link sharing tool. I think it's supposed to be a tool you can use to redirect to a FOSS front end when you are using a user agent that doesn't support extensions or plug-ins to automatically redirect you
- 8organicbits 3y agoOne use case that jumps out for me is that a link sharing site can help users connect to a more functional site. Bypass paywall, login, etc. HN used to have a "web" link that did this, but it was removed. Now you'll often see comments that manually link these sites. I've actually been looking [1] for an alternate HN front-end that does this (I'm not a fan of the extensions). Farside looks like an optimal way to do it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39166043 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39166043
- yencabulator 3y agoThink of it as a load balancer. A link will redirect to whatever instance is someone deems to be up (and to exist, in the first place).