Notices by Josh “Yoshi” Vickerson (josh@vickerson.me)

To anyone out there who’s successfully convinced someone else to switch from a mainstream app / service to a self-hosted / indie / #FOSS alternative:

What worked?

Pitching this kind of switch could become a core part of my business soon. I’d love to know what aspects of such a change have the broadest appeal!

(Boosts much appreciated 🙏)

#AskFedi #AskFediverse #OSS #OpenSource #SelfHosting #Freelancer #IndieDev #IndieDeveloper #PleaseBoost

@dansup even on-device, the generated descriptions are often not helpful to people who rely on them. it’s a very bad look if you claim to care about accessibility.

Idk who needs to hear this, but American Truck Simulator is a fantastic game.

#ATS #VideoGames

A well-reasoned, measured take on Firefox's PPA? Didn't think it was possible here on the Fediverse but happy to have @corbin prove me wrong.

https://www.spacebar.news/mozilla-firefox-privacy-preserving-attribution/

#Firefox #AdTech #Privacy #WebBrowser #Advertising #OSS

Read this month's @servo update and decided it was time to start sponsoring them. The web has already benefitted from their work, and bringing another fully-capable engine to the web will only benefit us all.

This month's update: https://servo.org/blog/2024/05/30/this-month-in-servo/

If anyone else is looking for an open source project to support, Servo is a great choice: https://servo.org/sponsorship/

#FOSS #Servo #WebDev

@aral @cferdinandi As we have explained to you numerous times, turning up in the streets to protest requires a ton of privilege. The risk of losing your job, healthcare and absolutely everything is too high. A majority of Americans are <$1,000 away from bankruptcy. The scale of "taking to the streets” to push reform is unachievable, so we have to find other means. And simply survive in the meantime.

@aral yeah dude, we fucking know that. what is your god damned point?