There still a little time left to speak out before #Google s next big anti-competitive monopoly-abusing move of thwarting #SideLoading on #Android
There still a little time left to speak out before #Google s next big anti-competitive monopoly-abusing move of thwarting #SideLoading on #Android
tl;dr: too long; didn't read
ai;dr: contains AI slop; didn't read
av;dr: requested age verification; didn't read
451;dr: content unavailable for legal reasons; didn't read
js;dr: page required JavaScript; didn't read
ps;dr: problematic site; didn't read
dr;dr: I feel like a pair of curtains. Pull yourself together.
In 2010, #AaronSwartz downloaded 70 GB of articles from JSTOR. He faced a $1 million fine and 35 years in prison
➡️ Aaron took his own life in 2013.
#Meta illegally downloaded over 80 terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train its #AI models
➡️ facing no consequences.
Information is power, knowledge is power.
Beware and fight against those who want to keep you ignorant, unaware, and misinformed.
US administration is using #tracking data from a legitimate app for asylum seekers to target people for deportation. If this plays out like in Germany a century ago, I suspect we'll see a lot more of that targeting all sorts of people including political opposition and minorities. I wonder what that'll mean for publishing #FOSS #apps.
"Please, if something like this happens again, you have to do something. You can’t just stand there, take photos and film videos."