Notices by ߋߡۺ৩֎ (y0x3y@hackers.town), page 27

and another one of my friends got red pilled...

fucking hell

i remember reading here somewhere that Google is in extinguish phase (on a few projects), but I'm not quite sure that's what their strategy is.

it's more like "control" imo

they've already pulled it off on android, it's almost impossible to use without play services and totally owned by them (im running a GApps-less phone, but its not for everyone and is a huge risk even then)
it's happening with chromium/gmail rn, with the ban of addons, locking of api, proprietary additions to open protocols, walling it off entirely from everyone but themselves
up next is kubernetes and go; i can tell you now it's not going to be pretty

their strategy is: "embrace open core first, exclusive control later" on a surprisingly high number of projects they don't can

just another morally bankrupt tech firm co-opting open source for their own gain. they're just as bad as (amazon is)/(Microsoft was) but better at managing their perception among developers.

@cute
yupp adds up

what games have you been playing lately?

@cute
curious but not controversial

I'm guessing because games?

@cute
curious but not controversial

I'm guessing because games

@tcql
chaotic good ime

cats good

when my friends get distant or busy i tend to come here

I've been here a lot lately

lately whenever i find myself considering tooting or tweeting about politics or something, i just end up deleting whatever i wrote instead, and tbh i think i feel better for it

@shonalika 😆 I shoulda known 😅

@lordbowlich hmm is it? maybe youre right; im new to the industry and it seems like it's a sellers market for devs there. smaller cities, by virtue of being smaller; have fewer opportunities (esp for junior devs) which are less interesting and pay less (on average).

I want to gain experience so I can help more radical ideas and im wondering whether it makes sense to "level up" in SV first or find somewhere that agrees with my politics.

@shonalika "don't see the point of handcuffs, I am totally capable of just staying still"

wtf the indieweb.org ssl cert expired??