i was thinking that we need a term for proprietary/centralized software
"prisonware" came to mind, and was reinforced when i saw a post describing google as a prison 🗝️
most people don't know what proprietary, or centralized mean in terms of software, much less that they are bad 🤷♀️
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prisonware has an immediate negative connotation, and provides a nice umbrella term for anything on the anti-freedom tech spectrum
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some examples: 💬
"Obsidian is prisonware, despite some nice features the code is not public, it's controlled entirely by your jailors"
"Signal might be a FOSS app, but it's still prisonware, you're chained up to their server if you use it"
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(examples continued)
"The majority of FUTO's apps are prisonware, their "source-first" licensing is just a way for you to remand your rights at the gate"
"Don't download that, it's prisonware, it collects tons of your data"
or even "Hey, that app is prisonware, you should try _ instead"
i'm open to other terms, but we should have something
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