Post #1996931
2026-05-05 02:35 UTC
Replies (6)
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@karen@floss.social 2026-05-05 02:53
I also learned that people who have iphones have to install a "find on page" app in order to just search a web page on a browser for text? Odd!
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@bignose@fosstodon.org 2026-05-05 02:50
It's effectively an experience as a second-class citizen @karen@floss.social. The rhetoric asserts that proprietary protocols and systems are freely chosen. But for those who opt out, who choose #SoftwareFreedom, we find *our* lives burdened by the proprietary systems *others* chose without our consent. And those who accept the shackles of proprietary systems, don't bear the burden of finding those alternate paths because everything assumes you've put those shackles on, and is unreliable if you don't.
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@sharif@fosstodon.org 2026-05-05 03:06
@karen@floss.social Nice! I wish more people would be aware of websites as an option, and use them. I also don't use apps for any of those things — I've done them all recently besides the chess tournaments. I do use open source map/GPS apps like CoMaps, which use #openstreetmaps data. Bank websites are often an option, too, though I understand that's harder in some places. Websites over proprietary apps. Spread the good word!
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@pa@hachyderm.io 2026-05-05 04:51
@karen@floss.social Congrats! The extra effort is an awesome lesson. I've been lazier, and taught my grade-school kids the art of burner phones.
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@indyradio@kafeneio.social 2026-05-05 06:48
@karen@floss.social absolutely appropriate. This should not be a big accomplishment. btw I got floss dot cfd for a dollar, and laughed again when I saw "floss.social" I have to see more of it.
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@jsjoshua@esq.social 2026-05-05 11:35
@karen@floss.social congrats on the chess nationals!