Post #2768162
2023-12-12 14:58 UTC
@dalias@hachyderm.io
The vexing part is that @signalapp@mastodon.world (seemingly categorically ) refuses to cooperate with the rest of the FOSS world to integrate with open solutions, which already exist. Instead, their spokespeople like
@Mer__edith@mastodon.world prefer to talk down to people who, for whichever reason can't or don't want to run proprietary Google services on their Android phone.
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@Mer__edith@mastodon.world 2023-12-12 15:36
@ck@chaos.social @dalias@hachyderm.io @signalapp@mastodon.world this is a very rude comment that misunderstands our choices and commitments. I, also, do not *want* to run corp software. But in a world where a few companies own and/or otherwise control most of the infra we all rely on, INCLUDING choosing which FOSS options receive support (via hiring their maintainers, funding via Linux Found etc), it's an unhelpful fantasy to paint operating in this ecosystem, shaped by these forces/actors, as a "choice" made out of obstinacy/stupidity