Notices by ocdtrekkie (ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social), page 2

@Gargron It baffles us here too. We're sorry.

@VeryBadLlama This is horrifying.

@WarnerCrocker Mine is coming today it looks like.

@mcc I wanted to argue with this. Like I like both MySQL and Virtualbox. But I also liked both of them before Oracle had anything to do with them... and I certainly couldn't pin anything Oracle did that actually made them *better* in any way.

I feel like something something their ERP platforms at a certain scale have to make *someone* happy? Right? Somehow?

@sam @BeAware From my understanding, a large portion of it is legal. The fediverse spews a lot of data in a lot of directions very casually, and a lot of the individuals who run servers can be kinda fast and loose about that... but to someone like Facebook that could be a multibillion dollar liability.

@BeAware This would be nice but it also requires a lot more forethought: The domain is the least important part of a server. It's direct access to everyone's data, being handed to someone the users did not entrust it to.

I sort of wish there was a trustworthy "service" one could hand-off an otherwise-shutting-down instance to in order to keep it alive with clear accountability or something, but if people didn't think about that up front... shutting down might be the "safest" choice.

@arose62 Mastodon doesn't assume anything about the posting language at all. When you are writing a post, you can specify what language you posted in. When your language and the language the poster claims their post was in differ, Mastodon offers the translate button.

Unfortunately, people often do not set the right language when they post.

@WarnerCrocker It's stunning people still believe Elon can commit to anything. He and Trump are truly alike in that.

@sindarina As a side benefit, Elon Musk is so mad about this he's leaving California!

@jik @ryanc Like... you've heard about this company called Google, right? That one that's under investigation for breaking the rules in basically every single country, over and over, and straight up cheesing regulators or paying them off?

Come on, man. Let's revoke Google first, then worry about Entrust. Oh wait, we can't, Google unilaterally controls the web.

@ryanc The problem is this entire exchange highlights what's wrong with PKI: Entrust demonstrates they are focused on functional, practical security that is stable enough for people to rely on. Google is looking for excuses to break everything on brown M&Ms. I know which company I think understands how to make security that actually works, and it's not the one bullying Entrust. (When Mozilla addresses their HSTS problem, they'll be worth talking about.)

@jik @ryanc Apart from some posturing by the root programs, it doesn't sound like their was any technical deficiencies on Entrust's part (when forced, they addressed the revocation promptly). They disagreed on the right approach, and Google, as a monopoly, has decided to punish them for it.

@ryanc This exactly reads like Google and Mozilla losing their crud on a technicality to take out one of Google's competitors. The PKI folks in the root programs continue to absolutely stun and amaze.

@WarnerCrocker It's super weird too when a friend you had respected for really deep understanding of the Christian faith takes a hard and deep inexplicable belief that Trump is somehow "Christ-like". Blew my mind.

@clacke This is pretty standard corpcritter behavior. I always thought the marketing for ChromeOS was hilarious "you don't need a file system" (because we don't have it) and "you don't need apps" (because we don't have them), and then of course, they proudly announced adding all those things eventually.

@aeva Tell me you have Astound without telling me you have Astound.

@aeva We just dropped them at home, and my work just dropped a plan with them because they've been unable to address a service issue for literal months.

They also just introduced a new ToS change, FYI if you consider leaving, that they will bill you the full month even if you cancel say... two days after your statement date. Plan accordingly.

@aeva Comcast Business. Costs *way* more but they categorically screw with you less than a residential plan. We have someone working full time from home so the reliability is worth it.

@aeva Business plan costs a bit more than Xfinity service, but includes unlimited data. One other upside is that Xfinity speed tiers are a "maximum" and Comcast Business speed tiers are a "minimum". Business service will exceed the labeled speed pretty much all the time. Note however that while Business can install in your "home office", they cannot install TV, so if you need that, you end up with Xfinity for TV and Comcast Business for Internet (and no bundle pricing).

@ainmosni @GossiTheDog There's nothing inherently wrong, of course, with meeting your spouse at work, but it happens so much more often in these companies because the employee's entire social circle *is* the company.