Your phone is about to stop being yours.

https://keepandroidopen.org/en/

125 days until lockdown

Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.

Every app and every device, worldwide, with no opt-out.

As high-profile websites vanish, it’s a reminder that the web has no built-in archival layer.

But some publishers are now blocking the Wayback Machine.

What’s at stake if the web stops being archived? Our new FAQ explains: preserving the public record matters. 🌐📚 https://help.archive.org/help/faq-publishers-blocking-the-wayback-machine/

Si comme moi vous êtes assez vieux pour vous souvenir des bannières «This page best viewed in Netscape or InternetExplorer» vous allez adorer (non) cet article qui raconte comment l'optimisation des sites web pour Chrome est en train de bousiller les standards du web.

https://denodell.com/blog/browsers-treat-big-sites-differently

TL;DR : c'est la même merde qu'en 1997, sauf que cette fois c'est entièrement la faute de Chrome.

#Web
#Internet
#BrowserWar
#Enshitification

Introducing Loops Embeds ✨

Now available.

Demo: https://dansup.github.io/loops-embed-demo/

(Thanks again to @nlnet for funding this feature)

#Loops #LoopsEmbed

Loops + Embeds.

You will soon be able to embed your Loops videos on websites ✨

- Embeds are opt-in per video
- Existing videos that allow downloads, will also allow embeds
- You can mass enable or disable embeds for all videos with one tap
- Advanced settings (light/dark theme + startPlaybackAt)
- Embed Analytics (see where your videos are embedded, and how many plays. We only store referrer urls and you can enable noTrack to disable analytics reporting)

Now Available!

#loops #loopsembed

What a great experience to talk at the #2mr about Fediway! It was a very fruitful discourse about what the open social web and how to make it effortless for anyone. Thank you so much at @bjoernsta , @kingconsult , @frebelt and all other people for supporting us.

https://watch.2mr.social/w/aRrRjoatJgTKcfmv4GcGUv?start=7m51s

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Activitypub #opensocialweb