LucifarGundam @lucifargundam@social.cleverlibre.org

@solidsanek next up: Chicken?

@icrewhelos@social.quodverum.com do blogs and podcasts count as free media? /S

@lis@niu.moe my apologies, I didn't mean to dismiss your enthusiasm of ocaml- it does indeed show promise and eff-lang appears to be worthy of being one of my weekend projects

@lis@niu.moe looks like a project language and sites "not to be used in production". The name can potentially confuse people with the #eff organization.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/05/proctorio-dmca-copyright-critical-tweets/
Don't allow yourself be be silenced- speak out about injustices made against you to potential allies(in this case #eff ) and are willing to fight alongside you.

@p4ulo that's better than focusing on what's left!

@davidjnblanch welcome to the club

@prydt I feel seen

@nia even as an american I knew that stone could be used as a reference to weight in UK... I just figured people over there either knew how to convert that by memory or it was going to be fazed out anyway.

There are so far 208 items on that list. Each giving a description and dates to each. I won't relist the whole list but here is the top of it::::
AngularJS
Google Hangouts
App Maker
Google Cloud Print
Trusted Contacts
Google Play Music
Nest Secure
Hire by Google
Password Checkup extension
Focals by North
Google Photos Print
Shoelace
Neighbourly
Fabric
Material Theme Editor
Google Chrome Apps
Google Station
One Today
Androidify
Google Correlate
Google Translator Toolkit

@joli there's multiple problems with this but what's noting in this context is the persistent behavior of laying waste to some of what many have considered to be valuable and in some cases- important products. Depending on specific licensing applied to whichever projects, it may be near impossible for others to create a clone of certain projects due to copyright. I haven't gone through all the licenses myself, but am reliably confident that trying to resurrect any of the dead projects would lead to more troubles than might otherwise be easily avoided.

Taking a step back, it is a marvel to see a blatant canvass of Google's numerous "failures".

https://i.insider.com/59289f0379474ce7238b499a?width=1200

What do each of these companies have in common? Expand, embrace, extinguish.

The leading corporations of our time take up a majority of their markets by snuffing out competitors however possible. This unhealthy genocide of independent competition has led to the inevitable dominance of the lives of many commonwealth.

Although singular usage of their products and services may not pose harm to associated markets, the collective assumed-impasse of all individuals carries the devastating impact. By tearing oneself away from such major corporations and choosing to side with the suppressed (often unheard of) competition, a small step towards justice and balance is being courageously taken.

"But there isn't a comparable product/service in the market? What then?"
-If absolutely no other alternative is available, then it is fair and logical to proceed with the only option capable. If however an inferior alternative is present, efforts(occasional at least) should be made to support the minority in hopes to influence a wider market horizon.

"But the leading competitor has all of my information, making it easier to to x,y,z. Why would I want to give up that convenience?"
-Every time you volunteer your personal information, you're locking yourself inside a cage of luxurious captivity. That 'ease of use' you speak of only makes your grow more lame and incapable of freely doing as you please outside of their ToS(Terms of Service[a contract you agree to]) which is also provided with a license(their permission to use X for Y time, under Z conditions) you had might have had to pay for just to use the single product/service you may have already initially paid for but has been intentionally made unusable to you by them.

Fighting for your rights, safeguarding your privacy may be more important than you might realize, but I hope that you might seriously consider the greater implications and impacts that inevitably follow when you stop caring about something as fundamentally simple as your identity.

@saiyou_ya_tu consoles will be around for a long time- PCs will be here forever because they're necessary outside of gaming. In the long run, it is cheaper to invest in PC gaming than in consoles anyway.

@highemerly out of annoyance of others or insecurity in yourself?

@saiyou_ya_tu notice what?

@ht164 desktop PCs should be selling moreso with the increasing demand of vr headsets

@turugiyama you can "successfully" mess up :P

In all seriousness though, "nothing risked, nothing gained" as the saying goes.

If it's not profitable, big Corps wont support it. Start with breaking free from the big G https://killedbygoogle.com/

@lupyuen the article is potentially misleading. Those who don't opt-in for the program do not have their doorbells involved like those who do opt-in.

Either way this program is bad for privacy in general and would ultimately cost citizens more than they would get from it. Although having it as an option is a pleasant thought to have for those who have an immediate need.

@coyote @lis@niu.moe year of the bsd desktop? Maybe in 30 years