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   stovis (stovis@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 18:31:59 JST stovis

   Choose wisely!

   #BigTech - the data vampires that harvests as much data about you as possible, with their opaque platform silos, black boxes, targeted advertisements, dark patterns and attention seeking algorithms?

   Or #PostmarketOS - free, open source, driven by a community of enthusiasts who share a common goal: to promote a healthier and more sustainable society. And have some fun while doing it!

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     GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 18:31:57 JST GNU/Gabi

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     I wisely choose not to pay hundreds of copper ingots for a pocket-sized surveillance and tracking device. However, if you want to partially free such a device, you should install the only free Android distribution, which is Replicant, and not a BusyBox/Linux distribution, which is not free software and also not source-available (making it not open source) but rather proprietary malware that attacks the user with black boxes, opaque platforms, and dark patterns.
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     GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 18:32:21 JST GNU/Gabi

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     Linux includes binary blobs, obfuscated code, and code released under proprietary licenses, which makes it partially proprietary software and therefore not completely free. Unfortunately, postmarketOS uses this kernel, which means it cannot be considered free software, as it violates freedom 1. Additionally, it does not comply with the definition of open source, as it does not respect its second principle. Furthermore, postmarketOS also includes proprietary applications, such as Firefox, and encourages users to install more applications of this type.
     
     https://postmarketos.org/edge/2024/02/15/default-nonfree-fw/
     Remember that firmware is software.
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     stovis (stovis@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 18:32:22 JST stovis

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     • GNU/Gabi

     @gabi Everything you write directly contradicts what postmarketos writes on their website, as far as I can tell. I'm not a developer, so I'm genuinely curious - how is postmarketos not free and open source? What specific dark patterns and black boxes are you referring to?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 18:38:23 JST 翠星石

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     • GNU/Gabi
     @stovis @gabi It's only a step in the right direction if further steps towards freedom will be taken until freedom is reached.
     
     When it comes to proprietary distros like PostmarketOS, typically once a proprietary program is put in, it is never taken out until it becomes totally obsolete (can take 20+ years), so the end result is more and more proprietary software being added to the system, taking the users further and further away from freedom, down the road to proprietary hell.
     
     As you can see, going from standard Android to postmarketOS would be a small step in the right direction and then stopping and possibly taking many steps in the wrong direction.
     
     Moving from standard Android to Replicant would be a step in the right direction.
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     stovis (stovis@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 18:38:24 JST stovis

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     @gabi Huh, guess I learned something new today. Never heard of Replicant until now, I'll might check it out.

     Perfect doesn't have to be the enemy of the good, though. Do you agree that moving from standard android, with google play services etc, to for example postmarketos is a big step in the right direction?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 18:39:24 JST 翠星石

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     • GNU/Gabi
     @gabi Thanks for the link - I wasn't aware the freedom to (partially) choose had been savagely ripped from the users.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 18:58:22 JST 翠星石

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     • GNU/Gabi
     @charlie_root @stovis @gabi Skill issue.
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     ¢нαяℓιє яσσт (charlie_root@annihilation.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 18:58:23 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт

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     • GNU/Gabi
     @Suiseiseki @stovis @gabi
     
     I want to address what you posted last night. Ardour is shit, and I'm sick and tired of you freetards promoting bad software. Yes there is good free software, but it's only a handful of projects, the rest is unusable shit.
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