Adblockers are legal, German courts ruled. Their argument: users not only have the right to receive information but also to refuse it. That sounds about right. It'd be positively dystopian if companies can claim the right to force-feed information. A win for internet user freedom :). One of the downsides of the ruling is that a company can exclude users with an activated adblocker from accessing its website. @fsfe wrote an interesting article about the case https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20231220-01.en.html
I don't see why a site shouldn't be able to block their content from users who try to bypass their monitization strategy. I don't think it's smart for them to do so however... people who want to block ads are less likely to click on those ads anyway, and blocking them isn't always going to be enough incentive to disable the blocker.
If ads were less annoying, we might not be in an environment where blockers are so prevalent also. Treat users as more than just clicks.
NLnet Foundation is looking for a Rust developer/software engineer for our office in Amsterdam.
You will be responsible for the development and operation of the (Rust based) backend through which we administer our open source grant programmes, and which integrates with our website.
NLnet financially supports organisations and people who work on free and open source projects from around the world on all layers of internet technology.
NLnet Foundation is looking for a Rust developer/software engineer for our office in Amsterdam.
You will be responsible for the development and operation of the (Rust based) backend through which we administer our open source grant programmes, and which integrates with our website.
NLnet financially supports organisations and people who work on free and open source projects from around the world on all layers of internet technology.
@NGIZero@EC_NGI I wonder what is the gender balance of this selection but I know that important women led research infrastructure projects developed by women programmers have been rejected.
NGI0 turned 5 today! Since 2018 we've been on a mission to make a better internet for everyone. This has always been a collective effort with many many many people pitching in. To celebrate this collaboration we invite everyone to our Call for Participation. Send us your cartoon, meme, sound bite, ascii art, essay, one-liner, text-based game, picture, 8-bit video, gif, drawing, recipe, ..., to share your vision of a better internet for everyone. Prizes for everyone :) https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231101-FiveYearsNGI0.html
NGI0 turned 5 today! Since 2018 we've been on a mission to make a better internet for everyone. This has always been a collective effort with many many many people pitching in. To celebrate this collaboration we invite everyone to our Call for Participation. Send us your cartoon, meme, sound bite, ascii art, essay, one-liner, text-based game, picture, 8-bit video, gif, drawing, recipe, ..., to share your vision of a better internet for everyone. Prizes for everyone :) https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231101-Fi
Join us for our webinar How To Make Your Digital Product Accessible For All. Charlotte Swart will discuss accessibility and share the most common issues.
Charlotte is a user experience researcher at NGI0 partner HAN University. She leads the #accessibility auditing team for NGI0 projects. In the webinar she'll demonstrate how an audit works.
Join us for our webinar How To Make Your Digital Product Accessible For All. Charlotte Swart will discuss accessibility and share the most common issues.
Charlotte is a user experience researcher at NGI0 partner HAN University. She leads the #accessibility auditing team for NGI0 projects. In the webinar she'll demonstrate how an audit works.
What do we mean when we say Fediverse? In The Multiple Meanings of the Fediverse, @fediversereport explores three different interpretations of the word. Each based on a different founding principle: Community, ActivityPub, or Interoperability. Keeping in mind that people may have different interpretations can be useful when having conversations about the #fediverse. https://fediversereport.com/the-multiple-meanings-of-fediverse/
The @sovtechfund is offering grants to people who contribute to a sustainable open source ecosystem. Grants go up to β¬300,000 per application and cover three main topics:
With this program the Sovereign Tech Fund seeks to stimulate an open digital infrastructure: fundamental technologies that enable the creation of other software.
The @sovtechfund is offering grants to people who contribute to a sustainable open source ecosystem. Grants go up to β¬300,000 per application and cover three main topics:
With this program the Sovereign Tech Fund seeks to stimulate an open digital infrastructure: fundamental technologies that enable the creation of other software.
We are pouring public funding down the drain agen, this criteria is feeding the #geekproblem not actually trying to take the "problem" out of our geek paths. The people who PUSH this agenda are the problem - please POINT at them and talk about this mess, thanks.
Do you have an interesting ActivityPub-related project? The next deadline to submit proposals is December 1st - that is next week. And the best thing is: you can submit today!
@NGIZero Ugh! But why, every time we talk about fedeverso and activitypub, does everyone always forget to mention #Friendica? Basically the only real alternative to Facebook...
(PS: Anyway, thank you for mentioning @XWiki and @bonfire because they are two of the most interesting projects in the fediverse)
BTW: in case folks reading this have a cool FOSS project that needs funding, please be aware that we have a deadline for submitting these tomorrow (August 1st) noon.
Don't feel intimidated - it is really light-weight to submit something (you can do it in less than an hour if need be).
Wonderful work done to add signature support to the #KDE pdf viewer #Okular, so you can verify that documents are legit π The feature is now available for Linux, FreeBSD and Windows-versions, check out more information (and some screenshots to give you a picture) here: https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2022/02/okular-signature-support-now-works-on.html. This important privacy & security feature was made with support from NGI Assure, a #NextGenerationInternet fund for open source digital assurances π -> https://nlnet.nl/assure. Deadline April 1st!β±οΈ
Wonderful work done to add signature support to the #KDE pdf viewer #Okular, so you can verify that documents are legit π The feature is now available for Linux, FreeBSD and Windows-versions, check out more information (and some screenshots to give you a picture) here: https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2022/02/okular-signature-support-now-works-on.html. This important privacy & security feature was made with support from NGI Assure, a #NextGenerationInternet fund for open source digital assurances π ->
Next week, we have two webinars coming up. Tuesday we are happy to discuss #opensource (crowd)funding with dr. Melanie Rieback of Radically Open Security (member of NGI0) talking about nonprofit business models and open hardware developer and writer @bunniestudios share his experiences with crowdfunding (CrowdSupply and elsewhere). Link here, freely accessible, no signup (BigBlueButton-room hosted by the Dutch technical uni of Delft) -> https://nlnet.nl/events/20210921/index.html See you there!
Talking & connecting is a basic human need, so why should we allow our online interaction to be seized by companies that (by commercial design) are after personal data? Especially for public services like national/European administration citizens deserve to connect in a way that serves them, instead of data-hungry third parties.
NGI Zero is happy to announce a series of webinars and a workshop organized together with the #ActivityPub-community & #fediverse-devs on April 19, 26 and 29.
End-to-end encryption protects your video chats from prying eyes & data leaks, which is even more important as we work and socialize remotely. Through the latest @NGIZero funding call NLnet supports new E2E encryption for the popular open source #JitsiMeet video chat solution, as well as a host of open source & open hardware projects like: peer-to-peer editing @libreoffice, live streaming in @pixelfed, automated vulnerability scanning for GNU Guix and much more -> https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200910-SelectedProjectsNGI2020-06.html
End-to-end encryption protects your video chats from prying eyes & data leaks, which is even more important as we work and socialize remotely. Through the latest @NGIZero funding call NLnet supports new E2E encryption for the popular open source #JitsiMeet video chat solution, as well as a host of open source & open hardware projects like: peer-to-peer editing @libreoffice, live streaming in @pixelfed, automated vulnerability scanning for GNU Guix and much more -> https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200910-Se
Hi there! Are you an avid free software user or open source developer? NGI Zero is an R&D funding program for open source software & hardware to enhance online privacy and improve open search and discovery. Together with @fsfe, @APC, Radically Open Security, Translate House and many more we fund and support projects like @pixelfed, @delta, @cryptpad... Check it out here -> https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGIZeroDiscovery.html and here -> https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGIZeroPET.html or submit your own idea to make the internet a better place!
Hi there! Are you an avid free software user or open source developer? NGI Zero is an R&D funding program for open source software & hardware to enhance online privacy and improve open search and discovery. Together with @fsfe, @APC, Radically Open Security, Translate House and many more we fund and support projects like @pixelfed, @delta, @cryptpad... Check it out here -> https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGIZeroDiscovery.html and here -> https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGIZeroPET.html or submit your own idea to make...
Gregory's Server
@NGIZero @fsfe
I don't see why a site shouldn't be able to block their content from users who try to bypass their monitization strategy. I don't think it's smart for them to do so however... people who want to block ads are less likely to click on those ads anyway, and blocking them isn't always going to be enough incentive to disable the blocker.
If ads were less annoying, we might not be in an environment where blockers are so prevalent also. Treat users as more than just clicks.
@NGIZero @fsfe YouTube is already doing this with me, and I don't live in Germany. I've cut way back on my usage as a result.
@NGIZero @rayckeith @fsfe I foresee ad-flushers that accept the ads and send them to the bit bucket.