Chris TrottierFeb 5, 2023

My problem with Twitter isn't that a particular billionaire owns it.

It's that a billionaire can own Twitter.

Show threadChris TrottierFeb 5, 2023

Internet services owned by billionaires:

1. Twitter
2. Facebook
3. Instagram
4. TikTok
5. Snapchat

Internet services not owned by billionaires:

1. Email
2. IRC
3. BitTorrent
4. RSS
5. HTTP

So don’t tell me that walled gardens are inevitable and we should just accept surveillance capitalism as the price of doing business.

Show threadOliver CoxFeb 5, 2023
@atomicpoet And honestly, I prefer IRC over quite a lot of modern-day messaging apps. It just works.
Show threadMark Derricutt (talios)Feb 6, 2023
@oolivero45 @atomicpoet Whats a good modern day macOs IRC client? I keep going back to Quassel when I infrequently rejoin.
Show threadOliver Cox

@talios I've been using Textual - it's open source and free if you compile it yourself, or you can purchase it pre-compiled from the App Store.

https://github.com/Codeux-Software/Textual

GitHub - Codeux-Software/Textual: Textual is an IRC client for OS X

Textual is an IRC client for OS X. Contribute to Codeux-Software/Textual development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
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Show threadOliver CoxFeb 6, 2023
@talios I forgot to mention - if you compile it yourself, you need to turn off a setting in the source before compiling it. Look at the "Note Regarding Trial Mode" section of the readme file in that GitHub repository for details.
Show threadMark Derricutt (talios)Feb 6, 2023
@oolivero45 Cool - I actually had a license for that ages ago - which afaik stopped working due to changes or something. Will have to check out the code!