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   Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 13:58:14 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
   https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/web_environment_integrity_is_an_all_out_attack_on_free_internet
   
   This article is rather disappointing…
   
   > It is not far-fetched to imagine a future in which sites simply refuse to serve pages to users running free browsers or free operating systems. If WEI isn't stopped now, that future will come sooner than we think.
   
   Which is also pretty much my point of view.
   
   > We urge everyone involved in a decision-making capacity at Google to consider the principles on which the web was founded […]
   >And if they don't? Well, they ought to be ashamed.
   
   Simply ashamed? We'll just merely middle-finger at the direction of Google while they're locking down what used to be one of the most open platforms? <sarcasm>That's sure going to be effective</sarcasm>
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 14:11:57 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     I don't think I could even imagine something that weak from even fat-cats worker unions…
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 19:52:36 JST 翠星石

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     @lanodan The post seems to be targeted at those who don't fully realize the consequences of proprietary software and anything stronger would tend to make such people fail to get the core message.
     
     The only surefire way to stop google would be to bomb and/or burn down every last "management" building and datacenter and do the same to any replacements they try to build, but there would be better targets to start with really.
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     LisPi (lispi314@mastodon.top)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 02:06:09 JST LisPi

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     @lanodan There are a lot of legally questionable (at best) and ethically/morally right options I could be mentioning.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 02:06:09 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • LisPi
     @lispi314 One of the things would be contacting politicians.
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     LisPi (lispi314@mastodon.top)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 02:06:10 JST LisPi

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     @lanodan Well, I'm not sure how comfortable they are with advising for online & offline direct action & active sabotage.

     But we all know it should be done.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 02:07:12 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • La Ursidinoj (Bjornsdottirs)
     @ellenor2000 You know defectivebydesign is part of the FSF, right?
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     La Ursidinoj (Bjornsdottirs) (ellenor2000@mastodon.top)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 02:07:13 JST La Ursidinoj (Bjornsdottirs)

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     @lanodan come on, they're trying

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 02:12:24 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • La Ursidinoj (Bjornsdottirs)
     @ellenor2000 Which is pretty much why the FSF is irrelevant to the current free software movement.
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     La Ursidinoj (Bjornsdottirs) (ellenor2000@mastodon.top)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 02:12:25 JST La Ursidinoj (Bjornsdottirs)

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     @lanodan idk the fsf is pissweak

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     La Ursidinoj (Bjornsdottirs) (ellenor2000@mastodon.top)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 02:12:26 JST La Ursidinoj (Bjornsdottirs)

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     @lanodan yes.