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We are not lawyers, nor our alter egos play as such on the Internet. Ergo in the face of legal challenges we are only rusticos.

If you feel ad idem and want to lend a hand, or head, to #FDroid pro bono and bona fide, you can help in our ongoing efforts ad infinitum.

Quaeritur right here: f-droid.org/2025/04/16/strengt

f-droid.orgStrengthening FOSS Legal Resilience | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App RepositoryAs part of the FOSS Sustainability grant awarded to F-Droid by the OpenTechnology Fund(OTF)earlier this year, we’ve taken on the task of developing clear,com...
#Mozilla#EFF#SFLC

@rustlang is another organisation that quit X. They don't cite particular reasons but the decline in the "openness" of the platform which is increasingly reserved for authenticated users might be one of them. In addition, changes in the algorithm and politics might have played some role. Warm welcome to the #rustaceans !

(Ps if you are not familiar with #rust, it is a modern programming language initially developed at #mozilla that is getting some traction recently)

The announcement of “Thundermail” (I.e. Thunderbird Pro) reads more like envy than a valid justification for monetisation.

Sure, Thunderbird might remain free, but it sows doubts as to whether any meaningful new feature will be added to it.

Why anyone would believe that they will intentionally hamper their own monetisation efforts for goodwill at this point, is frankly beyond me.

The enshitification of software continues…

#youtubepremiumlite #deutschland

Ab dem 10. April kann man die moderne Wegelagerei durch massive #werbung auf #youtube durch Schutzgeld in Höhe von 5,99 Euro/Monat weitestgehend beenden.

blog.youtube/intl/de-de/inside

Alternativ kann man den #mozilla #firefox Browser mitsamt #ublockorigin Plugin verwenden oder benutzt die Light-Varieante mit #google #chrome. Für #apple #safari gibt es Addblocker (9,99 Euro/Jahr), welche den Job recht gut übernehmen ...

blog.youtube/intl/de-dePremium Lite: ein Großteil deiner Lieblingsinhalte ohne WerbeunterbrechungenNeu: In Deutschland ab 10. April erhältlich ab 5.99 Euro