Gregory's Server
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Hey #fediverse, I'm writing a deep dive for @theinternet all about #VivaldiBrowser. Any suggestions of what to include or questions about it? It seems to be getting a lot of buzz these days, especially with the slow decline into irrelevance for Firefox.
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 Things that make it stand out for me: @jaredwhite @theinternet It's the batteries-included-browser: Add a tab rotator plugin and it replaces a "digital signage solution". @jaredwhite @theinternet Interesting. I still don't think RSS feeds can be organized into folders, and when I last tried it, it had limited Contacts / Address Book import / export from more common formats like vCard. I was hoping to import the Contacts from my Android phone, but it wasn't possible - it more or less keeps track of email addresses in sent and received messages. Also, I'm not sure if Vivaldi's Tasks feature handles recurring tasks & task completion as well as Outlook & Thunderbird. There seems to be a real renaissance of what I might call GNOME-assed GNOME apps, to riff off of the "Mac-assed Mac apps" refrain. Feels like GTK 4 and the tooling around it appeals to a lot of developers building all sorts of amazing new apps and utilities. With each passing day, I start to wonder if I too would like to write a GNOME app. It's so refreshing to see a "desktop" operating system in the modern era actually care about a cohesive app ecosystem which is welcoming to new entrants.
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@jaredwhite It's a good ecosystem and there's a lot of development going into supporting mobile. One toolkit to allow your App to run on the desktop and in your pocket too. @jaredwhite I too have been noticing how many new GNOME apps seem to be appearing and how many devs seem to have fun with the design elements. Also quite some of them seem to work well on mobile devices, which renews my interest in Linux phones.  @jaredwhite i just love the vibe of gnome i regards to consistency in the app ecosystem Holy shit. "…they proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay, and their companies should own that scan, their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity on any project they want, with no consent and no compensation." WTAF 😳 https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23794224/sag-aftra-actors-strike-ai-image-rights
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"Reddit represents one of the largest data sets of just human beings talking about interesting things," Huffman said. "We are not in the business of giving that away for free." You and me, we're just data sets. Years of interaction with fellow human beings, building community, sharing insight and creativity…it’s all just data. Data to be mined and monetized. Huffman's not mad Reddit was scraped for a chatbot. He's mad he wasn't paid for the privilege. It's his data, you see. His. Not yours.
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He really wants to monetize Reddit and get bought out, so he can become the next VC angel forcing tech bros like him to monetize and get bought out... Yes, typically when a service is "free" then the people using the service are technically "the product" in terms of data capture on their habits. To then take a "free" service and charge for it, and yet keep the user's data habits (to sell to interested corporations) is double billing, in a way. Reddit's move will cause it to implode, as users realize they're being used. Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko tells Engadget: “Third party applications are incredibly valuable for a platform because that's where the power users go … it benefits everybody because the power users are the people who create the content that everybody reads.” THANK YOU 👏👏👏 https://www.engadget.com/twitter-client-developers-fleeing-twitter-mastodon-130031551.html @jaredwhite @tchambers  @jaredwhite I'm very happy that Eugene has so this stance. Third party apps and enrichment tools are going to play a large part in this evolution as the public further enters the federated space. Read my lips: An audio show that can only be played in an Apple player on an Apple device is not a podcast. An audio show that can only be played in Spotify is not a podcast. Repeat ad nauseam for any other proprietary audio show platforms. A #podcast is an #RSS feed with enclosures of audio files which are playable across the whole ecosystem of podcast players. Any reporter who reports on exclusive audio shows and calls them “podcasts” are doing a grave disservice to their audience.
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@jaredwhite Agreed. But we had audioblogs in the 1980s, pre-web! Well before the word "podcast" was created for iPod marketing and I'd prefer having a non-Apple name for online or download audio. @leo promoted "netcasts" for years, but it never took off. @jaredwhite Today I just wrote about how I stopped listening to podcasts during the pandemic, in favour of audio books. I loved podcasts, but now that they're just a different form of commercial radio my interest has waned, I dislike hearing US centric ads in Europe. |
@jaredwhite #Pixelfed above #Bluesky. That's quite an achievement. Then look at #1. From coke to crack.
@jaredwhite Congrats @dansup!
That #Pixelfed is now in the Top 10 of most downloaded APPs in the USA, also means that we, as a Fediverse community, have to come together.
If you see a link somewhere, PLEASE support your PIXELFED server. Even when it is just with $2, $10 or $50.
Their operational costs are surely skyrocketing and we have to make sure that this does not become a Fediverse debacle but a Fediverse success story.
EDIT: I just received this link:
https://pixelfed.org/support-our-project
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#Fediverse #TopApp #Support
That #Pixelfed is now in the Top 10 of most downloaded APPs in the USA, also means that we, as a Fediverse community, have to come together.
If you see a link somewhere, PLEASE support your PIXELFED server. Even when it is just with $2, $10 or $50.
Their operational costs are surely skyrocketing and we have to make sure that this does not become a Fediverse debacle but a Fediverse success story.