Christine Lemmer-WebberMar 2

RE: https://chaos.social/@sleepyowl/116126002122086149

A must read thread from @sleepyowl, particularly for anyone laughing off the "oh they're trying to enforce age verification at an OS level, well I'll just change my open source operating system settings"

Y'all, this is the game where we get LOCKED OUT of having ANY real FOSS operating system we control AT ALL

The steps have been being put in place for this for over a decade now. And who controls the supply chain?

We have to fight this stuff tooth and nail.

Show threadChristine Lemmer-Webber

I advocate for getting hackable open hardware stuff, and @sleepyowl is completely right that even the best options there still rely on supply chains we don't have enough control over, AND once those "resisting" become a small enough group, resisting becomes a lot more dangerous.

That said, I think we should be taking a multi-pronged attack *now*, in every way imagineable:

- Try to use *the most hackable hardware you can get* and contribute to making it a better experience
- Support open firmware, hackable devices
- Maybe it's time for the return of the install fest I dunno
- Absolutely DO NOT run a proprietary operating system under any circumstances
- FIGHT BACK ON THESE POLICIES! Contact your representatives, write articles, do whatever you gotta

Mar 2 at 12:47pmWeb
Show threadskrlet13Mar 2

@cwebber
https://flisol.info/InstallFest <3

I don't know if you have an equivalent of the Festival Latinoamericano de Instalación de Software Libre, but there's a install festival in Latinoamerica with presentations too. It is organized by volunteers yearly

InstallFest - FLISOL

Show threadCRYSTL ⬡Mar 2
@cwebber @sleepyowl
😣😣😣 open semiconductor fabs when ,
Show threadCRYSTL ⬡Mar 2
@cwebber @sleepyowl i know its not super feasible , but i don't see any other way out of this
Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeMar 2
@theotheroracle @cwebber @sleepyowl return to Altair 8000 when?
Show threadDec [{()}]Mar 3
@fishidwardrobe @theotheroracle @cwebber @sleepyowl
We have @libreboot now, for almost every cheap secondhand ThinkPad, and many many other platforms.
Show threadlgspMar 2

@cwebber @sleepyowl

Great insight! Where is Bunnie Huang? We need more people like you and him, I think. Hack everything!

How is the MNT reform fro this pont of view?

Show threadChris [list of emoji]Mar 2

@cwebber @sleepyowl

This. The perfect is the enemy of the good.

Show threadDaniel DemmelMar 2
@cwebber @sleepyowl do you happen to know if Google could decide to lock the bootloader of a Pixel phone with a software update?
Show threadSchrödinger's Catgirl (Joyce)Mar 12
@dain @cwebber this isn't Pixel, but Samsung seems to have pushed updates to stop people from installing custom ROMs https://manganiello.eu/objects/efc723df-04cf-440d-8404-e9a5f21b2f4c
Fabio Manganiello (@[email protected])

#Samsung devices from today can no longer install custom ROMs.Odin is gone and the Download Mode is also gone, which makes life hard also for repair services that want to restore a device.This is y...

Show threadDaniel DemmelMar 12
@sleepyowl @cwebber oh no, that's pretty terrible and does directly answer the question that any Android OS vendor (not just Google) can decide to end the custom firmware party at any moment