[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 47 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Google's the main contributor to closing the web off, they even straight-up admitted to that a few months ago and tried to DRM the web with WEI, but that failed with massive backlash.

Boohoo, the open web is broken....

  • You caused it, MF'ers....

But yeah, walled gardens like Discord, Google, Meta, and Twitter certainly aren't helping matters, and even some of the alternatives got some controversy of their own, eg. Bsky recently censoring people on their main PDS, although given ATproto is an open protocol, there's no one and nothing stopping you from setting up an account on a third-party PDS like Blacksky or Northsky, or hosting your own, for example.

Apart from that, more open and decentralized/self-hostable alternatives need to crop up and fast, and we already have ATProto, ActivityPub/the Fediverse, PeerSuite, XMPP, and even LBRY/Odysee.

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 78 points 9 months ago

You know things are getting bad when two governments are on your case about your patent trolling, Nintendo.

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 100 points 10 months ago

Welp, it was fun while it lasted for Arduino.

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submitted 10 months ago by DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

So, why are there so many posts asking 'Can I do this with AI, can I do that with AI' popping up on here recently? I thought most of the Fediverse would've been anti-AI based on its general demographics.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.org/post/1872634

So, starting now, Google started mandating full JS for YT, effectively breaking all third-party clients and locking the site to their official client.

This reeks of DRM.

UPDATE: Installing Deno and installing yt-dlp through PyPi fixes yt-dlp but the very idea that Google is mandating JS to lock down YT in an attempt at pseudo-DRM is still crappy.

UPDATE #2: inv.nadeko.net is working again for now.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

So, starting now, Google started mandating full JS for YT, effectively breaking all third-party clients and locking the site to their official client.

This reeks of DRM.

UPDATE: Installing Deno and installing yt-dlp through PyPi fixes yt-dlp but the very idea that Google is mandating JS to lock down YT in an attempt at pseudo-DRM is still crappy.

UPDATE #2: inv.nadeko.net is working again for now.

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 58 points 10 months ago

Yes, Codeberg/Forgejo or even self-hosting a git server. Git itself is decentralized and self-hostable.

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 267 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah it is, and it's their fault that it is.

Google has no right to say the open web is in decline, when they're the main cause of it, this is basically them saying, 'Yeah, we won this stupid war that we started, screw you, peons,' this comes off like if MS broke WINE and then admitted no one uses desktop Linux anymore, it will have been their faults that hypothetical scenario happened, this is what Google saying the open web is in decline when it's largely their fault that it is comes off as to me.

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 65 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Time for them to at minimum mirror their channel to Odysee and/or PeerTube so that they'll still have a platform just in case their channel gets nuked.

Even if you don't plan on ditching YT outright, it's still a good idea to mirror to Odysee, PeerTube, or both, as a backup because of shit like this.

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just more vindication for my ditching that trash heap of a platform. YT is probably going to be the next platform I ditch as they're going full Reddit now.

It's a matter of time before third-party YT front-ends start getting throttled or outright blocked like third-party Reddit front-ends.

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 151 points 1 year ago

Anyone who has projects on Github they care about, you might wanna move it to self-hosting or another git host while you still can, because once MS gets tired of killing e-mails, Github repos are probably going to start getting sniped next.

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 152 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If it's upheld, that's the precursor to full-blown info blackouts, just cut off internet to anyone 'accused' of wrongspeak against the powers that be, which is basically everyone.

This also sounds like SOPA reborn.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.org/post/297727

Pikachu and Buneary are going on an art date at a splatter painting place. They splattered each other a little bit in addition to the giant canvas hanging on the wall.

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submitted 1 year ago by DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org to c/art@lemmy.org

Pikachu and Buneary are going on an art date at a splatter painting place. They splattered each other a little bit in addition to the giant canvas hanging on the wall.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.org/post/297722

'...Bring puddle-stomping joy.'

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'...Bring puddle-stomping joy.'

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submitted 1 year ago by DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org to c/pics@lemmy.world

The bunnies started showing up during the day again, and I snapped a random pic of one.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.org/post/287847

'A pair of Combee flying in a random field.'

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'A pair of Combee flying in a random field.'

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'Field trip day' (pxscdn.com)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.org/post/287843

'So I've had this idea for a while, but I wanted to depict Togekiss extending one of her wings out for other Pokemon, in this case, Pichu, Togepi, and Igglybuff, to climb onto her so she could take them on a little trip to a park.'

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'Field trip day' (pxscdn.com)
submitted 1 year ago by DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org to c/art@lemmy.org

'So I've had this idea for a while, but I wanted to depict Togekiss extending one of her wings out for other Pokemon, in this case, Pichu, Togepi, and Igglybuff, to climb onto her so she could take them on a little trip to a park.'

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 97 points 1 year ago

One more reason to use Lemmy.

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good thing LibreWolf and other forks exist.

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No it's not, it's based on BSD, or more specifically Darwin, which is derived from BSD, so Unix-like, but not Linux.

Although, oddly, macOS is a certified UNIX OS so it can rightfully sit at the table with the SysV distros such as AIX, HP-UX, or Solaris, but it's nothing like those OSes in its nature.

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