fsflover

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by fsflover 3mo ago
So things are really bad.
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Can you install Firefox with Ublock Origin?
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Tor is not a single point of failure: It is a p2p network.
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Buy preinstalled Linux, and you will not have to care about the hardware support. Worked for me. LibreOffice is better than MS Office for 90% of users.
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by fsflover 3mo ago
This is false. Linux is better in every way, unless you are forced to use Windows at work or to use some Windows-software (whose developers thus make make the choice for you). But this also does not make Windows better. Linux obeys the user
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by fsflover 3mo ago
No, buying preinstalled Linux.
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Did I say otherwise? Any proprietary software for Linux suffers or will suffer from the same problem. But not Linux itself or any free software running on it.
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by fsflover 3mo ago
> How exactly would a new Linux user know this ? It's easy: whatever is preinstalled will be guaranteed to work reliably. Worked for me.
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Linux doesn't install malware, because it is free software, which guarantees the four user freedoms. Whenever someone adds malware, anybody else can remove it for everyone or create an equally useful fork without it. Try this with Wi
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by fsflover 3mo ago
> browsers in UTM virtualized OS's can't get past some modern captchas and other browser fingerprinting checkpoints :\ I'm using Qubes OS, where everything runs in VMs without GPU acceleration, and never experienced this
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Shallow dismissals like "straight up false" that contradict multiple reputable news outlets aren't "debunking". Calling well-know human right activist NGOs "handful of nerds" is straight up misinformation.
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by fsflover 3mo ago
The difference is Apple intentionally chose unrepairable design, despite much smaller companies offer repairable earplugs (See: PineBuds Pro).
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Isn't polluting the environment evil? http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-airpods-repair-recycling-imposs...
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by fsflover 3mo ago
> I would never trust any private health data to an app. I don't care what promises or claims they make. If the app is free software, then you don't need to trust; you can verify instead. See: apps on F-Droid.
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by fsflover 3mo ago
How about these? Apple knew a supplier was using child labor but took 3 years to fully cut ties (yahoo.com) 52 points by notRobot on Jan 1, 2021 | un‑favorite | 5 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25607386 Apple
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by fsflover 3mo ago
IMHO it's not much harder than joining a closed tracker. Install a client and enter 127.0.0.1 in your browser as proxy. And, arguably, it's more beneficial.
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by fsflover 3mo ago
> because you're most likely to get a DMCA violation letter This is why I don't understand why I2P trackers that provide full anonymity do not get more attention.
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by fsflover 3mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48931191
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Thank you for the explanation!
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by fsflover 3mo ago
> This has happened with every single federated platform It didn't happen with the internet itself. You still can avoid Facebook and co. and happily discuss things on HN. And with the email, it is much less serious than people assum
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Actually, it is possible to join Bluesky without relying on the single point of failure, as Cory Doctorow highlighted here: https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/05/executive-dysfunction/
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Have you considered Qubes OS then?
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Free software as in freedom, not price. Free software allows to verify what the device does and control it by modifying the code. This is the basics of the 4 freedoms, https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-m
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Why is this silently downvoted? The OP didn't give any details about their devices or specific bugs. I think my conclusion might be correct, given that the corporations spend less on the user convenience/UX as a part of the enshit
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by fsflover 3mo ago
It seems you are talking about the enshittification, which only affects megacorp-baked propriprietary software and services. It does not affect, e.g, GNU/Linux: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41277484 and https:
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by fsflover 3mo ago
It could be Purism, which have already created Librem 5 with its PureOS Store offering free software. My daily driver btw, https://puri.sm/products/librem-5 . Since it runs a desktop GNU/Linux, you can develop and
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by fsflover 3mo ago
> My example was that specific user, if you didn't notice. My argument was that the trend is new, while your link is to a 2.5-year-old comment. > The PinePhone Pro wasn't a compromise, it was unusable. The Pro version had a
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by fsflover 3mo ago
Could those email chains be turned into a mailing list available by default, like lkml.org ? Then nothing would need to be done to make it "cost effective to publish".
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by fsflover 3mo ago
You approach basically makes general-purpose computers/phones impossible in order to save multiplayer games.
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by fsflover 3mo ago
This is just FUD designed to remove the ownership of our devices.

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