Mastodawn

I have said this before and I will say it again, it is time that taxpayers, who are the majority of regular folks in every country, should not pay a single penny to the likes of Microsoft. Taxpayer money should only go to FLOSS. Enough is enough with these big corporations. They have failed to protect user privacy and safety and obsessed with AI like teenagers.

Johndgeek 🌎4d ago

This might be a stupid question concerning folks in the USA unable to buy new routers from a foreign country. The immediate response has been people building their own routers. Where was that hardware made?

Johndgeek 🌎Mar 30

As some in the USA are rejecting smartphones and returning to flip phones, Japan is starting to phase them out. Events are truly circular in the big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff.

https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/03/29/2026/semafor-flagship-new-consensus?utm_source=nowshare&utm_medium=flagship+asia&utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered10#l

Johndgeek 🌎Mar 9

nixCraft 🐧Mar 8

it is actually wild that we live in a society where literal criminals are walking around free, but i have to hand over my Gov issued id and age verification docs just to download an os or use social media. it feels like common sense just doesn't exist anymore. please, some org or lawyers drag these thugs to court and stretch things out. i am tired of this bullshit.

Johndgeek 🌎Mar 4

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Mar 3

It’s like Kamala Harris said. An unserious man in a very serious position.

Johndgeek 🌎Mar 4

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/03/downdetector-speedtest-sold-to-it-service-provider-accenture-in-1-2b-deal/

#Enshitification process for #DownDetector and #SpeedTest advancing to the next stage. Time to look for alternatives.

Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service-provider Accenture in $1.2B deal

Accenture plans to buy Ookla, which also includes RootMetrics and Ekahau.

Ars Technica

Johndgeek 🌎Feb 28

Family member sent this on the group chat.
Website added a command to their clipboard and attempting to trick the user into running the command as a proof they are human.

Johndgeek 🌎Feb 27

Johndgeek 🌎Feb 21

nixCraft 🐧Feb 20

Keep Android Open

https://f-droid.org/2026/02/20/twif.html

Keep Android Open | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Friday, 20 Feb 2026, Week 8 F-Droid core During our talks with F-Droid users at FOSDEM26 we were baffled to learn most w...

Johndgeek 🌎Feb 15

Julia Evans Feb 15

RE: https://chaos.social/@blinry/116075524276206711

TIL

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