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But jokes aside, I'd say it's closer to being part of an oligopoly. And when a player of such market dynamic moves in an "undesirable" way (to the others involved), it lessens maneuver capacity from the others.
I've seen some companies do that so far, and imo it doesn't help as much since if the password is compromised, all else is likely compromised too. So if there's no clear reason to ostracize passwords, I'd suggest pressuring such companies (politely) against such whenever possible.
(and split post again because I think all 3 parts are important on their own and the bridge I use on my account hides stuff after the 300 characters limit from Bluesky)
Login with password on Hotmart
To get the password option at #Hotmart, since they push email keys instead, at https://sso.hotmart.com/login, append ?passwordless=false, or if there's something after /login already, use passwordless=false& between ? and what comes after
Some thoughts about Codeberg as an end-user
A few weeks ago I had to ask a dev there something. As I'd never used it, to my surprise, figuring the UI/UX out was pretty seamless, like the designers went for a lean version of GitHub.
RSS pulls a lot of things and is easy to spot. Visual noise is minimal. Update links are legible. Color scheme has a good contrast despite being inaggressive. And elements in the page are blocky and so
Politically, apparently some people promote it for not being American (apparently German?). Dunno the company behind the service, and also don't know how tied to their government they are, so can't comment on that front.
Also can't comment on maintaining a project there, but since a site's design is usually consistent, I'd presume it's lean/seamless there too.
Overall, imo as an end-user, it did seem decent, and wish more sites went for this design philosophy when trying to be an alternative to other services.
Only concern is RSS: it does pull a lot of things, and I couldn't find a way to filter stuff out, so I worry the noise a more popular or active project would cause.
If someone at Valve had a change of heart, or just want to save their hides after that, either way, a major company pushing for things that result in #deshittification is a win-win situation afaik. =)
(Also breaking the post like this due to bridging it to Bluesky and fediverse microblogging)
Pushing for Linux, Proton, open hardware (even if partially), seemingly at the point of obsession...
I suspect they do so after Microsoft released Windows Live, a competitor to Steam that came by default in the system Valve supported.
Valve made the Steam Controller CAD & STL files available, pushing again for modding, right-to-fix, and so on!
#SteamController @deshittification
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steam_hardware/announcements/detail/702141174212723353
Now you can break up with big tech at a bar: ‘cybersecurity disguised as a party’
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