I agree, but most businesses will probably still stick with whatever Windows version fits their IT environment best. I like running Linux distro’s but most companies i would argue just want to offer Windows because (1: People in the company know something about how it works and switching to anything else will be difficult and (2: Windows works pretty well in an AD and Entra ID environment, especially if there is any On-prem Windows or Azure hosted infra involved.

So for individuals i can really see this being a good reason to switch to a popular distro and maybe for specific companies with some knowledge, or if they were to only use SaaS web apps. But most of them, will not change how they operate because of privacy concerns or subscription costs. Windows is not going anywhere, any time soon. But yeah, if you care enough i would recommend running at least a distro in dual boot. Not sure if enough people actually care to make it more common though.

Dit is zeer zorgelijk. Het zou niet mogelijk moeten zijn in een werkende rechtstaat, of in ieder geval niet zonder grote consequenties voor de betrokken organisatie.

PocketCasts but lately more AntennaPod for Podcasts

Plex(amp) and Spotify for music

Heel cool! Goed om te zien dat er ook vanuit de overheid wordt onderzocht of zij hier baat bij hebben. Het zou enorm helpen met de betrouwbaarheid van de naam als ook zulke instanties eigen servers gaan beheren

I kinda like looking at Lemmy as a sort of Internet Pub on steroids (Activity Pub). Kind of like a busy street with all kinds of pubs, libraries, bookstores etc. But where those places have something to sell like liquor, coffee or books, Lemmy does not really have anything to sell but just offers a place of conversation. It alsof isn’t for everyone, anybody can join but each pub had their own rules.

I see a Lemmy admin like a barkeeper of one of the many pubs around. We sit in this one pub with one owner but we meet a lot of people from other pubs around. And if we like, we can walk across the street and visit somewhere else or even move there permanently. We have options, we as users have more power and especially actual alternatives to go to.

Donating is a thing to help the pubs keep existing. Like tipping the waiter. I’m a big fan of OpenCollective and Patreon for how they allow these small groups of people to take back parts of the internet for themselves!

There is no need to commercialize this space, it’s largely for conversation. Here there is no need for the waiter tot eastdrop on conversations, to make the pub all smart or to guilt you into a VIP pass tot enter.

I really hope we can find a way to tip the waiters and barkeepers incidentally like we would in a pub. Like a donation, and maybe also a more prominent place like a tip jar for the instance visible in posts or just the website. I think we can make it work, if we really try.

Yeah the big pubs might come knocking, but its up to each of us to decide if we want to visit any of their places.

I’ve decided to only interact with Reddit for work, and so it might happen once a day now. I’ve started to use the Libredirect Addon to only view Reddit in a limited and tracker free experience: LibreRedirect - Firefox Addon. Before the API announcements i visited like 20 times a day at a minimum.

On my phone i’ve not been to Reddit since the blackout. It pains me to say, but i’ve deleted Sync for Reddit from my phone since that day. Great app, terrible admins. No plans to return to my accounts.

Edit: @metaStatic@kbin.social also has a great suggestion btw. Use the cached version from Google or something like Archive.is. There probably are addons for this kind of use by now. Everything to give them as little revenue as possible, if i’m kind of forced to find an answer to some technical question.

Ik ook niet! Men kan blijven, of richting een tool als Discord. En als er dan voor Lemmy of Kbin wordt gekozen is het nog de vraag of deze instance populair wordt of bijv. meerdere anderen. Interessante tijden wel!

Wat leuk! Hopelijk trekt dit ook wat meer gebruikers aan van /r/TheNetherlands ;)

Ik kan mij niets herinneren over de Death Star, voorzitter. Of ik een SMS van Darth Vader kan voorlezen? Nee, die heb ik namelijk al keurig verwijderd gearchiveerd. Een onderzoek, nee dat gaat helaas niet ;)

Ik kan niet zeggen dat ik heel veel vertrouwen heb in het huidige kabinet, maar dit is in ieder geval weer een stap in de goede richting.

Ik blijf het bijzonder vinden dat de politiek zich in deze sector in allerlei bochten wringt en nog net geen rode loper uitrolt. Er zijn in het verleden veel sectoren geweest die het gewoon zelf mochten oplossen en in feite werden ingehaald door het tijdsgewricht en de omstandigheden die dat met zich meebracht. In de recente geschiedenis werd er toen door dezelfde partijen met een hele andere bril naar dat fenomeen gekeken.