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Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad: (tatsumoto@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 20:17:01 JST

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Michiru is a character from a proprietary game. By posting that character you're normalizing the use of proprietary software. Proprietary software doesn't respect the users' freedom and community, and it is almost always malware. Instead, I urge you to boycott the game and refrain from posting characters from it until the day the game is made free (as in freedom) and its source code is made available.
@Suiseiseki @deadheat @feld @coolboymew @sun @takao @hakui

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Michiru (michirumichimi@cawfee.club)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 20:17:02 JST

Michiru

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@deadheat @Suiseiseki @tatsumoto @feld @coolboymew @sun @takao @hakui I have no idea....

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聖騎士 (deadheat@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 20:17:03 JST

聖騎士

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@tatsumoto @Suiseiseki @coolboymew @feld @hakui @sun @takao Is this true @MichiruMichiMi?

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Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad: (tatsumoto@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 20:17:04 JST

Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad:

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@deadheat @Suiseiseki @takao @coolboymew @feld @hakui @sun VNs may seem appealing, but it's best to avoid them due to the fact that most VNs are proprietary. It's fine to run a free(libre) VN if you like, but the one you mentioned is not free. Proprietary software by design doesn't respect the users' freedom and community. You are not allowed to run such a program as you wish, you can't study how it works and what it does, you can't change it, you can't make and distribute copies of it. There's no way to find out what the program is doing while it's running. Proprietary software can compromise your privacy and security. Sometimes we can detect malicious functionalities by observing their consequences, but it's also possible that a program does something malicious without leaving traces.

If you run a proprietary program, you put its developer in a position of power over you and your computer. You give them the power to abuse you. Don't allow them to commit injustice.

Tempted by the power to do anything they want on the users' computers, developers of proprietary programs tend to include malicious functionalities. In practice almost all proprietary software is malware.

In contrast, alternatives like manga, anime, and light novels can be enjoyed using free software such as MPV for anime, NSxiv for manga, and crqt-ng for books.

Stick to media that respects your freedom and privacy. Remember, most visual novels should be avoided since they are proprietary!

https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/

https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-games.html

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聖騎士 (deadheat@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 20:17:05 JST

聖騎士

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@takao @feld @coolboymew @sun @hakui I only read the original vn with its infamous hands

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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 20:17:30 JST

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@tatsumoto @MichiruMichiMi @coolboymew @deadheat @feld @hakui @sun @takao Damn, I got outdone on extremism.

I need to step up my game.

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𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙 (sally@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 20:57:29 JST

𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙

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@Suiseiseki @tatsumoto @MichiruMichiMi @coolboymew @deadheat @feld @hakui @sun @takao

Don't worry, this guy uses Telegram, you're still the king on this instance.

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cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 22:19:11 JST

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@nakamura @Suiseiseki @deadheat @tatsumoto @feld @sun @takao @hakui Am I gonna have to mute this entire fucking domain? It's nothing but free software reply guys

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nakamura (nakamura@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 22:19:19 JST

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@tatsumoto @deadheat @Suiseiseki @coolboymew @feld @hakui @sun @takao
Anyway you can easily decompile the proprietary VN with FOSS tools to take the content from it and simply read text with `less` for language studying. Not a VN example, but Gayshit Impact has great seiyuu work and a large amount of text to create nice japanese/chinese anki deck.

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聖騎士 (deadheat@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 23:03:31 JST

聖騎士

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@tatsumoto @MichiruMichiMi @Suiseiseki @coolboymew @feld @hakui @sun @takao

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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 12:00:13 JST

翠星石

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@hakui @deadheat @nakamura @tatsumoto @feld @coolboymew @sun @takao When the grapes are proprietary and are full of proprietary malice, of course the grapes are going to be sour.

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御園はくい (hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 12:00:14 JST

御園はくい

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@tatsumoto @Suiseiseki @coolboymew @deadheat @feld @nakamura @sun @takao "THE GRAPES WERE SOUR ANYWAY"

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御園はくい (hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 12:00:16 JST

御園はくい

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@nakamura @tatsumoto @Suiseiseki @coolboymew @deadheat @feld @sun @takao >no i can't just enjoy something i have to dismantle it and make it USEFUL
extremely puritan take, i bet you don't take siestas either

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Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad: (tatsumoto@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 12:00:16 JST

Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad:

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@hakui @Suiseiseki @deadheat @nakamura @feld @coolboymew @sun @takao the creators made it impossible to enjoy without running nonfree software. It's basically trash unless you pick out the good stuff. And honestly I wouldn't bother doing that myself, trash should belong in the trash can. I'd rather enjoy something that doesn't force me to run nonfree software.

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