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Paolo Redaelli<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@drahardja" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> yet another reason + 123 to avoid <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/AmazonRing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonRing</span></a> and all <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/proprietarysoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietarysoftware</span></a> based <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a></p>
Shai<p><a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a> <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/WalledGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WalledGarden</span></a> <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/ProprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProprietarySoftware</span></a> <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a></p>
Paolo Redaelli<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://activitypub.awakari.com/actor/Bluesky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Bluesky</span></a></span><br>Afaics <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/openvibe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openvibe</span></a> seems to be <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/proprietarysoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietarysoftware</span></a>.<br>Is it true?</p>
Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> is more <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Secure</span></a> than <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ProprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProprietarySoftware</span></a> ( most of the time )</p><p>Apps for communication.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/userfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>userfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Ade Malsasa Akbar<p>Microsoft's Software is Malware</p><p>Unfortunately for example, "2015-12 Microsoft has backdoored its disk encryption." There's more.</p><p><a href="https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gnu.org/proprietary/malware-mi</span><span class="invisible">crosoft.en.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/Malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malware</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ProprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProprietarySoftware</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a></p>
Michael Downey 🧢<p>:opensourceparrot: Repeat after me:</p><p>Commercial use includes nonprofits.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ProprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProprietarySoftware</span></a></p>
Khurram Wadee ✅<p><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> opens <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> inquiry into <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Teams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> | Microsoft | The Guardian</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/27/eu-antitrust-inquiry-microsofts-sale-teams-bundling" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">3/jul/27/eu-antitrust-inquiry-microsofts-sale-teams-bundling</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/ProprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProprietarySoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/MonopolisticPractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MonopolisticPractice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/AnticompetitiveBehaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnticompetitiveBehaviour</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> about Inner Source, which is basically Open Source minus the Software Freedoms. Coined by (surprise, surprise) that great friend of Free Software, Tim O'Reilly, Inner Source is the parasitic use of Open Source development practices by proprietary software companies, with no respect for the software freedoms of the people using the resulting software. *shudder*</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_source" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_so</span><span class="invisible">urce</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/InnerSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InnerSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TimOReilly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimOReilly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ProprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProprietarySoftware</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>I wonder how much of their publicly-funded annual budget RNZ is paying this VC-funded Ozzy startup for use of their proprietary software, to create elaborate multimedia stories that don't always render well on web browsers other than Chrome?</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/09/no-code-publishing-platform-shorthand-raises-8m/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2021/04/09/no-c</span><span class="invisible">ode-publishing-platform-shorthand-raises-8m/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ShortHand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortHand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ProprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProprietarySoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/VC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VC</span></a></p>
Mad A. Argon :qurio:<p>Big joke from data <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> course in my work:</p><p>It's more safe to log in your password manager from your <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> BECAUSE YOU OWN YOUR PHONE AND YOU HAVE FULL CONTROL THERE.</p><p>:blobcatjoy:​</p><p>Yeah, very funny...</p><p><a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/smartphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smartphone</span></a> <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/ProprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProprietarySoftware</span></a></p>
Nielso<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@conjurenation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>conjurenation</span></a></span> Exactly this is what I'm doing, I buy commercial products. My moaning is also not so much about <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> vs. <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ProprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProprietarySoftware</span></a>, it is about the attitude that people not understanding what I need for my work tend to tell me that I'm just not smart enough to use some unsuitable tool that can also in the sidelines possibly do what I perhaps need. This is not how to advertise <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>production</span></a> on <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a>.</p>
Michael Downey 🧢<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@elipariser" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>elipariser</span></a></span> You had me up until the Zoom link.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ProprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProprietarySoftware</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/04/security_and_pr_1.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">schneier.com/blog/archives/202</span><span class="invisible">0/04/security_and_pr_1.html</span></a></p>
Evelyn🚲葉美華💃<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://theres.life/@TMakarios" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TMakarios</span></a></span><br>That's what it's called, right? 🤔 <a href="https://masto.evelynyap.com/tags/proprietarysoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietarysoftware</span></a>, like the agency's own tracker app, written by their own developers. I hate it. I really wish I could be free of it. There's good reason to have it, of course. But it's more of a nuisance to me than anything. 🤷‍♀️</p><p>Another barrier is incompatibility. Like <a href="https://masto.evelynyap.com/tags/Photoshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photoshop</span></a> -- if you use a different brand we can't exchange PSDs. Or templates for <a href="https://masto.evelynyap.com/tags/DaVinciResolve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DaVinciResolve</span></a> vs <a href="https://masto.evelynyap.com/tags/AdobePremiere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdobePremiere</span></a>. Any workaround is too cumbersome.</p>
Ade Malsasa Akbar<p>Malware of Windows and MacOS</p><p>Sharing is very appreciated.</p><p>Microsoft's Software Is Malware<br><a href="https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gnu.org/proprietary/malware-mi</span><span class="invisible">crosoft.en.html</span></a></p><p>Apple's Operating Systems Are Malware<br><a href="https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-apple.en.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gnu.org/proprietary/malware-ap</span><span class="invisible">ple.en.html</span></a></p><p>I could learn so much that <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ProprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProprietarySoftware</span></a> is often <a href="https://floss.social/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a>. I hope both Microsoft and Apple kindly change their products to be Free Software and remove all malwares inside them.</p>
Ivan<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/proprietarysoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietarysoftware</span></a></p>
Cedric<p>I can not event test it. 😂 </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/proprietarySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietarySoftware</span></a></p>
Paolo Redaelli<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://s.sneak.berlin/@sneak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sneak</span></a></span> another sound reason to <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/AvoidApple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AvoidApple</span></a>. Of course the same holds for other <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/proprietarysoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietarysoftware</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/proprietaryOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietaryOs</span></a> that has similar restrictions, so most unrooted Android phones fall into this description. <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> come first</p>
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)To make matters worse, <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/synchronet" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Synchronet</a> the BBS software was outsourced to <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/microsoft" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microsoft</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/proprietarysoftware" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#proprietarySoftware</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/monopoly" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monopoly</a> <br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/deletegithub" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deletegithub</a>
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)● NEWS ● <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/microsoft" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microsoft</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/proprietarysoftware" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#proprietarySoftware</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/deletegithub" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deletegithub</a> ☞ <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/mpa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MPA</a> Hits <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/mediabox" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MediaBox</a> HD on Github: "Massive" Movie &amp; TV Show Piracy <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/mpa-hits-mediabox-hd-on-github-massive-movie-tv-show-piracy-201128/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://torrentfreak.com/mpa-hits-mediabox-hd-on-github-massive-movie-tv-show-piracy-201128/</a>
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)<a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/microsoft" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microsoft</a> mole in the <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/election" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#election</a> cycle/circles, ensuring <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/microsoft" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microsoft</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/proprietarysoftware" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#proprietarySoftware</a> with back doors remains in ALL <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/voting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#voting</a> machines <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-krebs-presidential-election-security-60-minutes-cbs-this-morning-2020-11-27/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-krebs-presidential-election-security-60-minutes-cbs-this-morning-2020-11-27/</a>