CBC Top StoriesApr 22
Instagram is testing premium features. Will people pay?
Instagram is testing a premium subscription that, for a monthly fee, allows users to extend the life of their story posts, "spotlight" their stories to put them at the front of followers' feeds and see how many people have rewatched their stories. It's part of an industry-wide shift away from services that are free and equal for all users — a shift that some say ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/instagram-plus-rollout-9.7172486?cmp=rss
CBC Thunder BayApr 7
New autism mental health program offers free services to families in Fort Frances, Ont.
As communities across Canada mark Autism Awareness Month, a new free program has been launched in Fort Frances, Ont., to support children with autism and their caregivers. Here's what's being offered through the autism mental health program in northwestern Ontario.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/autism-mental-health-program-fort-frances-9.7154099?cmp=rss
CBC Newfoundland & LabradorMar 31
Most people across Canada will no longer need to pay nurse practitioners for primary care
As of Wednesday, the federal government will require provinces and territories to start to pay for primary care services, including those provided by nurse practitioners. The new policy aims to ensure Canadians aren't being billed for "medically necessary services."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/nurse-practitioners-primary-health-care-provinces-9.7145096?cmp=rss
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🎉 Breaking News: GitHub's plan to charge you for what was FREE is on hold, but don't relax, they might change their minds anytime! 🤑 Meanwhile, let's all pretend we're excited about a #delay in a price hike that nobody asked for. 🚀
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Juan D. Jara  May 5, 2025

Great news for the wafrn app !!

As a culmination of the big journey of the past weeks, the Wafrn App is now listed in the official @unifiedpush documentation as one of the apps that support UnifiedPush

Check it at https://unifiedpush.org/users/apps/


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Apps using UnifiedPush

This is a non-exhaustive list of the first few end-user applications that use UnifiedPush. Android Name Description Date Since version Docs¹ FluffyChat Matrix chat January 2021 v0.26.1 FluffyChat Wiki² Fedilab Mastodon/Fediverse March 2021 v2.39.0 Fedilab FAQ Tox Push Message App Tox chat May 2021 v1.0.3 SchildiChat Matrix chat September 2021 v1.2.0.sc42 FMD Find your device November 2021 v0.2.2 FMD docs Element Matrix chat June 2022 v1.4.26 Tusky Mastodon/Fediverse July 2022 v19.0 Neon Nextcloud July 2022 Unreleased Jami Jami March 2023 v361 Goguma IRC client March 2023 v0.5.0 Circles Social Network (matrix) June 2023 v1.0.11 Databag Messaging Service July 2023 v1.5.0 Podverse (beta) Podcast Manager July 2023 v4.13.1 Moshidon Mastodon August 2023 v2.0.3+fork.98 Träwelldroid Traewelling client September 2023 v2.0.0 Pachli Mastodon September 2023 v1.0.0 Commet Matrix September 2023 v0.2.0 Molly Signal client October 2023 v6.35.3-1.up1 Molly Readme, MollySocket Amethyst Nostr client October 2023 v0.80.1 Ltt.rs Mail (JMAP) client December 2023 0.4.0 Mercurygram Telegram client December 2023 v10.3.2.1 Element-X Matrix chat January 2024 v0.4.2 SchildiChat Next Matrix chat January 2024 v0.4.2.sc1 Nagram Telegram client April 2024 10.9.1.1165 DAVx⁵ CalDAV/CardDAV/WebDAV September 2024 v4.4.2-ose Nextcloud extension for WebDAV-Push < polycule > Matrix chat September 2024 v0.0.1 Momogram Telegram client December 2024 v11.4.2-1 FOSS Warn Emergency alerts December 2024 1.0.0 alpha0 FOSS Warn Wiki Wafrn App Social Network (Fediverse + Bluesky) May 2025 v1.3.0 Forkgram Telegram client June 2025 11.9.2.0 Fennec Web Browser³ July 2025 141.0.0 IronFox Web Browser³ July 2025 140.0.4 Compete Create & join all kind of challenges July 2025 v1.0.0 Interstellar Mbin/Lemmy/PieFed September 2025 v0.10.0 Push Notifications Mages Matrix November 2025 v0.6.3 Tammy Matrix January 2026 v2.0.0 Paralino Location sharing March 2026 v2.2.0 ¹ App-specific documentation should not be needed. Compatible apps should just work after installing a UnifiedPush distributor.

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Darren du NordFeb 27, 2025

"By choosing to use 'free' services, we invite our own exploitation by surveillance capitalists who have perfected a mind-control ray powered by the surveillance data we're voluntarily handing over by choosing ad-driven services."

-- @pluralistic

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PPC LandDec 20, 2024
Shopify's new app store policy impacts free tiers and merchant costs: A recent policy change requiring removal of "powered by" messages in Shopify apps raises concerns about sustainability of free services. https://ppc.land/shopifys-new-app-store-policy-impacts-free-tiers-and-merchant-costs/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Shopify #Ecommerce #AppStore #FreeServices #MerchantCosts
Shopify's new app store policy impacts free tiers and merchant costs

A recent policy change requiring removal of "powered by" messages in Shopify apps raises concerns about sustainability of free services.

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BakersRelayOct 14, 2024

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