"The relationship between the tech industry and the government resembles the historical relationship between the financial sector and the state. The ability to manage a central bank and a currency and prevent market crashes was central to states remaining politically stable and being able to wage war. It is now becoming clear that the information industry as a whole has a similar relationship with the state as the financial system."
"We were under the impression we could communicate and connect with everyone in the world, but even then the connection was fleeting. Now with AI, it might not even be real anymore."
"The future with AI will be glorious" * for debt counselors and estate auctioneers.
"There will be new jobs" * for people with deep domain expertise and unusually strong critical thinking skills.
"There will be more jobs." * If you can swallow a massive pay cut and don't mind shutting doors for a living.
The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.
If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.
https://keepandroidopen.org/ (thanks @marcprux) has the resources to guide you.
We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.
Thank you for your support!
Keep Android Open
Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.
"To put it bluntly, in order to clarify your own priorities, you just have to ask yourself the question: Who will stand at my grave and mourn me sincerely? "
"Moving from Google to self‑hosted tools is like moving from a fancy apartment building into your own [...] house. In the “Google building,” the rent includes everything [...]. You may not love the landlord, but the doors open, the lifts work, and the hot tub is always warm. By contrast, the Nextcloud “house” is something [you] own; it has the spaces we need, and in some areas it’s safer and better [...], but not every amenity we grew used to is there from day one."
"First of all wtf do i need to select a server for. Wtf even is a server."
If you value free and open source software and you are an EU citizen, please take a moment to share your perspective on what makes free and open source software great with the European Comission here
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en"Many of our congregation even voted for him. Nobody expected that it would be this bad."
"Diagnoses are door openers for people that need help, that need healing. Trump doesn't need any help, he has enough help as it is; he thus also doesn't need a diagnosis."
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