@MachoManPierreCardin
#calyx og #riseup tilbyder #vpn uden at forlange betaling eller login.

selv hvis man giver dem en donation, så vil det være svært at påvise, at den er tiltænkt som en tak for deres #vpn, fordi de også udbyder alle mulige andre tjenester.

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.calyxinstitute.vpn
https://f-droid.org/packages/se.leap.riseupvpn

look, i don't want to bully #grapheneos. everyone be nice! but i'm tired of staying silent while their accounts spew unchecked lies for years, so i'll just say this and then go back to ignoring it again.

in my time working for #calyx / on #calyxos (a time which has now ended), despite graphene's claims to the contrary, i *never* saw anyone from calyx spread or encourage malice toward their project or community or harass them *at all*. if anything, due to a history of negative attention coming from their direction, calyx has long had a rule *not* to discuss their project in calyx's online spaces, but has still demonstrated respect for their OS in public, e.g. at conferences, acknowledging it's a good choice for some.

meanwhile, there has been a steady stream of smears, accusations, and now schadenfreude from their side about calyxos. you need look no further than their official social media accounts for evidence of this; you don't need the "receipts" from me to see the malice. it's all on full display, no background knowledge or rewriting of history required to understand.

contrary to their claims, during my time, by policy, calyx didn't even *look* at their code, let alone incorporate it (apart from some early remnants that are properly attributed, like signing scripts). in fact, with the exception of a weird, random proposal from the founder, as far as i know, calyx never even tried to interact with them whatsoever.

anyway... 4-5 years ago, before i had even finished deciding what OS to use, i was banned from grapheneos's chat channels before even getting around to send any messages - apparently just for existing in the calyx channels - and that made my OS decision easy: i wouldn't use an OS run by folks who'd do something like that. funnily enough, if not for that ban, and subsequently learning more about their behavior, who knows? i may have used grapheneos, just ignored the community stuff, and never ended up working for calyx in the first place.