@neil
Not saying i agree with Google. But how is the OS community going to fight the forces of evil trying to hijack our code?

Between malware labs, ai slop and slop powered malware labs, i am worried. The idea of making sure real accountable humans are writing honest code seems appealing....

@iFixit Capitalist free markets need wise regulation. It shouldn't be legal to innovate for the purpose of blocking interoperability or entrapping customers. Corporations HATE free markets because true competition is hard and profits are slimmer. External force is required.

Absent regulation to establish rules to protect society, free markets must race towards monopoly, corruption, and enshitification. Regulated markets can work - uncontrolled markets foaters Lord of the Flies conditions.

@ncoca
Interesting article.
To the articles closing question to the reader:

"...during the first half of 2025 as Trump’s second term began, with Google receiving 28,622, a 15 percent increase over the previous six months. Jon was fortunate to have his case picked up by the ACLU and later reported on by a national media outlet. How many others in the U.S. haven’t been so lucky and face legal challenges for exercising their right to free speech?"

Answer: 28,621
Stay loud everyone.

@LorenzoAncora
Notepad++ is utterly irrelevant. Sorry to be blunt but windows software distribution is hopelessly broken.

Linux software repos are also broken but there is much hope and variety of options.

@GossiTheDog
Bitlocker is only to guarantee that Microsoft's beak gets wet every time your data is stolen. To who is this news? Its been clear for years, great job "Forbes". Where news goes to get lobotomized...

One must be an utter buffoon with what we know today, to think Microsoft in any way has aligned interests with users. They don't.

MS has already betrayed you. They are not your friend.

@GossiTheDog

So its our fault.... That we don't want.... Their shitty product?

What the fuck are AI tech bros smoking and why wont they pass the joint?

And are dead market economists doing somersaults in their graves? Let the free market work its magic to destroy companies who squander investor billions on failures. And let the investors lose everything because fuck them. Anyone throwing their money in with tech bro ass hats deserves to lose it all.

@humourmetom @amerpie
If you step back further you realize that the communist elites and the capitalist elites are identical apart from their costumes and fairy tales they speak out loud.

The only way out of the lies os to realize both systems must coexist for durable peace. Either "ism" one on its own can only end in tears.

@davidrevoy
Is Pepper getting..... Spicy?

I'm quite worried though... Who's been listening and how will they torment Pepper with the knowledge they've stolen?

@ProPublica
Well duuh.. How else will they stop our breathing?

Resist.

@davidrevoy
Grok is Mecha-hitler. Brown, orange, black, its all the same to Mecha-hitler: Not white.