@collectifission
#amazon is #bigtech. #signal is #centralized on #amazonwebservices: https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith/115445708019635926
#deltachat and #briar are nice #decentralized #e2ee chat apps.
#Centralized
@adbenitez @sarah
my first thought when seeing that all invite links point to one server was also that it was a #centralized invite server.
perhaps it would make sense to briefly mention in the #deltachat faq? because it's cool how it works, but also because other chat apps advertised as "#decentralized" really aren't.
for example, the first screen after launching #simplex says: "decentralized. anybody can host servers." then, on the next screen, you can select "configure server operators" which gives you a hardcoded list of just two operators (simplex and flux).
The opinion I have on @levihildebrand.bsky.social after watching some of his videos are pretty mixed. On the one hand, the topics he picks are pretty great, especially regarding the #society we live in and the #consumerism that's gone extreme, to the point that we're now pretty much monetizing everything and turning anything into a subscription (including our food!!!) and things that we considered normal for the regular folk around 20 years ago have become pretty much a luxury.
On the other hand, the fact that he's putting so much effort into creating content for #corporate #centralized #SocialPlatforms like #YouTube, #Instagram, #Threads etc. exclusively is kinda getting me concerned. Even on #Bluesky (where this entire post will also go bits by bits), it looks like he hasn't posted anything since 10 months ago at the moment of me writing this post. Like, I know that there are only 256 people that are checking your content, but keep in mind that among all these 256 people there are many who resonate with his messages, who want to have a different social media experience, who maybe #self-host in order to get rid of #BigTech, who choose to keep their photos private, outside any service that's monetizing their data and use it for AI training purposes. Maybe some of them do have hobbies, but they keep it offline.
Okay, I saw that he decided to #ditchSpotify in exchange for a personal offline #MusicCollection, but I would still love to be able to see his videos straight here, on #Friendica, via his #PeerTube channel (that currently does not exist).
Levi, if you're still around, and you see this message, please try to spread your message out on #theFediverse and other decentralized platforms (even one not so decentralized such as Bluesky if you do not feel comfortable with anything else just yet) as well. Their very presence does a tremendous good for our societies, giving us an alternative to a world where just a bunch of corporations own our entire capacity to communicate in real time and platform our message to the public. There are plenty of projects, even much more than those involving Bluesky and the AT protocol. I'm writing this from #Friendica, which is a #decentralized #Facebook alternative (with much more features than it), but there are many other projects that can make up for an alternative to just about anything (Pixelfed for #Instagram, Loops for #TikTok, BookWyrm for #Goodreads, Mastodon and PeerTube for #X / #Twitter and #YouTube respectively, there's even a platform for podcasts called #Castopod).
There are plenty of other YouTubers that are mirroring their content and have a presence here, yet they still keep a presence on other platforms among those previously mentioned just fine. And since you do have a significant audience, it would be great if you could also promote these alternatives and help them set out their presence here, just like other YouTubers did. It would help many out a lot.
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super awesome to see Smug Posters chiding everyone about relying on centralized services ... ON FUCKEN BLUESKY 🤦♂️
Was looking out of curiousity whether Nokia phones today available in my area ( #Tbilisi #GeorgiaCountry ).
In the process I found that THREE top local shops about gadgets and computers use #CloudFlare . Another example of what happens if you rely on #centralized #BigTech and #Corporations for your website basic #InternetSelfDefence
This #internet2025 of "big web" become too fragile to be usable.
This may push more people to avoid such big-tech & look for #SmallWeb #SmallTech for own websites.
@Mer__edith That's why YOU DON'T DO THAT to begin with!
Cuz lets be fundamentally clear on this one: There's no "legitimate reason" to mandate #PII like #PhoneNumbers and have #centralized infrastructure so riddled with #SPOF|s that it can't handle a single datacenter outage.
Seriously, if @signalapp was coded by some freelancer on #Fiverr for like $100 I'd be okay with that. But how many $ did the development and infrastructure cost you (per year)?
To me this is #malpractice!
@laprice pressing X for doubt cuz @signalapp does have #ToS and obviously both the ability and willingness if not being legally mandated to close down accounts - regardless if a "duely issued warrant" or #CloudAct.
- Neither @Mer__edith nor #Moxie nor anyone else at #Signal is gonna risk jailtime protecting others given that unlike Mafia 'scapegoats' they don't get paid for shutting up and serving time.
Signal being abused is a statistical inevitability and it's one thing to claim to not know the contents vs. knowingly ignoring abuse complaints.
- Cuz #OCILLA only covers their ass legally until the point they get to know certain abuses. After that (+ a certain grace period for duely investigating validity) that doesn't apply anymore.
#NotLegalAdvice but given Signal is located in the #USA and thus falling under #US juristiction, I'd only consider the non-reaction as either 'knowingly supporting' or 'being ordered by a judge to not interfere in ongoing investigations'…
- And whether or not Signal is yet another #ANØM / #OperationIronside / #OperationTrøjanShield - style #Honeypot or just criminally stupid is up to speculation at this point.
But remember: #WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue and Signals #centralized, #proprietary, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider approach vs. #decentralized (#XMPP+#OMEMO) or #SelfHosting (#OnionShare) will be their downfall - besides hosting at the most expensive provider (#aws) in spitting distance to #CIA & #NSA HQs (#aws_us_east_1) that isn't an outright scam-hoster!
The proposal to establish a national drone defense center spearheaded by Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is receiving strong endorsement from former NATO G... https://news.osna.fm/?p=20925 | #news #centralized #defense #drone #former
@hiphopheaven Great point and i absolutely agree.
I think for many coming to the #fediverse happens out of curiosity as well as it being a generally safe space for marginalized people.
They then see the cool things this place has to offer and get excited about it even more so. That's the trend i've watched since 2017.
But then their friends won't join and that sometimes affects whether or not they stay, go or use both #centralized & #decentralized platforms.
Worldwide AWS Outage: Snapchat, Duolingo and several banks among major apps down in Amazon internet services outage https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5y8k7k6v1rt
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I feel for this user - I’m a fellow ADHD sufferer and their distress is all too clear to me - and I tried to help them in the replies.
But on the other hand, I’m utterly enraged at the broader problem, and all the people who aren’t taking action today, choosing instead to wait until the water is past their neck.
This is the latest example of why we shouldn’t use #nonfree / #proprietary / #restricted and #centralized platforms like #Telegram, #Discord, #WhatsApp, #Signal, #Instagram, #Facebook, #Twitter, #LinkedIn, #Bluesky, #GitHub, and others.
There’s a whole-ass history of centralized platforms having the same class of issues. When are y’all gonna stop ignoring the problem and start exercising the power you have?
It’s as simple as quitting centralized platforms, switching to #FreedomRespecting #decentralized platforms like #ActivityPub and #XMPP, and telling others to do the same.
Create your communities there, and tell others about them. Move all your activity there. Onboard your friends and family. When there’s no other way to reach you, they will move.
Keep up the social pressure, and never relent.
Here’s a user’s guide to XMPP, for whoever needs it.
And developers? Get involved, improve the protocols, the clients, the servers…heck, I’m pretty sure a lot of features and fixes are popular/longstanding enough to make it feasible to crowdfund your patches!
@da_667 you know you sell people a bunch of pc butfor medium biz they really can benefit from stuff like debian, dual nas, opnsense, pihole, - the basics but also faster networking, ids/ips system, pkt cap 24/7, even ssl proxy, rsync backups to nvme. having more visibility into the network allows organizations to leverage the data that piles up in the db as well as real time. a point needs to be made for the minimum raw basic infrastructure and then orgs can realize gestalt #p2v #fwupd #elk stack scripting #dashboards #centralized logs #netbox #zeek #snort #sigs
it's why we're both on #mastodon
we need to make of the #fediverse something that challenges #corporate #centralized #socialMedia in terms of influence and size
i'm not saying that's easy
i'm not pretending i know how
all i know is it is needed
otherwise, we're dealing with billions of people manipulated and signing on to #bigotry and #ignorance to serve the agendas of #plutocracy
and for those of you saying "i like the fediverse small and fringe"
i don't
A #blocklist is not going to be polite
It's a blocklist after all
So much for "#composableModeration" on #centralized #Bluesky
We talk a lot about the #centralized vs #decentralized dichotomy, but what's much more consequential is local vs #cloud computing.
It's #Nvidia (and #Amazon, #Meta, #Microsoft, #Google ) vs #Apple.
Not saying Tim Cook is the good guy, but if we never got Apple custom silicon, we'd all be on thin clients that couldn't compute a meal tip without the cloud.
#bluesky apparently *can* be #decentralized
someday
always someday, never today
miss me with that cult noise of endless hype promise and "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" reality
bluesky is #centralized #corporate bullshit
and someday the #cryptoBros who run it and the #crypto bros who fund it will turn it into another #twitter
in fact, it might be happening right now
fuck bluesky
great!
i love how you repeat the cultish devotion to promise over reality
truly wonderful
#bluesky is #centralized. not technologically, but in implementation
and yet it is your feverish irrational devotion to "maybe someday!" over the simple reality that true #decentralization is already here, for years, on #mastodon/ #fediverse
"but i got it working!"
yes, and i implemented #reddit's code and i'm running a clone of reddit so reddit is not centralized! gotcha!
🤦
cultists
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