What is a new, good internet? It's an internet where it's legal to:

* reverse-engineer the products and services you use, to add interoperability to them so you can leave a social network without leaving your friends:

https://www.eff.org/interoperablefacebook

* jailbreak devices to remove #antifeatures, like #surveillance, ink-locking, or #repair-blocking:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/17/have-you-tried-not-spying/#coppa

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An even more easy way to detect a likely #botFarm abuser, is if they have only been on fedi since around #nov22 and attract hundreds or thousands of likes and boosts.

On fedi that is really not natural.

We do hate that we must say this but the fact is #Mastodon and #MastodonDevs really let the ball slip when they implemented a bunch of #antiFeatures that fediverse was intended never to have.

#theNov22s

@LionsPhil @nicuveo
Re #hashtags. We have a pinned toot about it, it's that important.

On fedi, use #milkshakeDuck, not simply 'milkshake duck'.

In addition to being able to import toots, there *does* need to be a way to do #booleanSearch for #hashtags.

eg. Either/or: #icecream #icecreme #gelato #gelati
Addition: #icecream #icecreme +#fediArt
Subtraction: #btc -#nft

It seems #MastodonDevs are more interested in shadowban functions and #antiFeatures like the #botFarmTimeline, tho.

The #SteamDeck is a #NecessaryEvil

We need it now even with its #Flaws and #AntiFeatures. It is setting an #IndustryStandard, a sort of #reference that we'll all target and aim for, cause most users are gonna be there. Its still selling pretty ok.

Eventually we'll need to break free from #SteamOS so we'll create our own system and remove the anti features

The #SteamDeck is not a #WalledGarden but it includes elements of it and #AntiFeatures like the #touchpads stop working if you quit the #Steam application.

This #UnderminesTheSuccessOfSteamDeck. Seriously even a #stupid #Laptop with #Linux on it has their #touchpads working while on SteamDeck they don't work because #Valve destroy their own device by removing features.

The company is not as smart as we once thought. They have somebody in there who have #NoIdea about #GoodDesign.

How many instances are preparing to block m'don.social and m'don.online over the #antiFeatures, spam and centralisation?

We came across an fellow #I2Peer recently who says they will be blocking them and our sense is they are not the only ones. It's disappointing that a need to block has emerged, but we completely understand and maybe it'll result in a return to a more useable #fediverse for the blockers.

#mildDisappointment

@Mastodon
For those thinking of forking Mastodon, please do so in a safe environment such as on the #InvisibleInternetProtocol (#I2P).

- Consider removing the 'Explore' timeline (*cough* botfarm timeline)
- Consider #makeJavascriptOptional
- Consider not showing like and boost counts until a person actively opens the toot thread.
- Consider not implementing the #antifeatures mentioned above.

In wartime, artists are the first to be targetted. Please #useI2P and live.

We remember asking for #QT on fedi, not in so few letters, but we did ask.

Someone explanted that fedi was different. People found #QTs to be abusive on the #dotcons. We thought about that and basically instantly realised that our past #behaviour may have been less civil.

We adjusted.

I do not believe in yeilding to them (and many bots) who have descended upon Fedi, and specifically it seems, #Mastodon servers, in the past couple months.

They should learn like we did.

#antiFeatures

@joeo10

Dunno.

> Appears on the scene to take control of fedi at some might say a very sensitive and opportune time,
> Gets a disproportionate amount of funds to develop fedi software,
> continues to not enforce #AGPLv3Compliance against #HellaDoge.com,
> Magically comes to support #antiFeatures like forced #javascript, Explore Tab, showing interaction counts, etc
> #JoinMastodon.com is CloudFlare,
> But says 'no' to #ventureCapital out of #SiliconValley.

Hmm.
@Gargron

I pay for access to the NYTimes. I like to read it on my phone, in a web browser.

For every single article I read, it gives me this damn notification asking me to install and use their proprietary app. And every single time, I click "No Thanks." It's getting old. I wish they'd chill.

#antifeatures #nytimes

I was giving a computing ethics lecture about #FOSS and #antifeatures around 2014. Lots of folks there had never even heard of #FDroid. Maybe it's still not well-known?

F-Droid is a repository and platform for FOSS on Android. Their app can manage your other apps, much like you do with the Google Play Store.

When I need an Android app for something, I always check F-Droid first, just because the apps are trustworthy.

@fdroidorg

I'll reply with a few of my favorite apps on F-Droid... 🧵

If #Mozilla had less funding, #Firefox might be a more stable #webBrowser.

Part of the reason we find it unstable is because by the time we understand the latest #antiFeatures, and how to easily remove, disable, recompile them out. They are already deploying a new zeroDay.

Its intolerable.

#UBIFixesThis #bitcoinFixesThis

@PaulaToThePeople
Is the above CC in any way? If so we might use it on the (#)fediFlyer we produce.

Our next FediFlyer will likely be Pleroma/Epicyon-focused.

Mastodon appears to be adopting darkPatterns and #numberGoUp-style #antiFeatures.

@bob @aral Yes it would be nice if #gnome clearly mentions #antifeatures and it would be funny if #Debian puts it in the non-free repo 😜

Nun mal etwas aus der Rubrik: "Mit freier Software wäre das nicht passiert..."

"Adobe kauft 3D-Software Substance": https://www.golem.de/news/allegorithmic-adobe-kauft-3d-software-substance-1901-138936.html

Als #Blender Anwender wünsche ich mir häufig ein paar Zusatzfunktionen in #Blender3D, die es teilweise bereits als proprietäre Software gibt. Allerdings ist es nicht der (zugegeben meist recht hohe) Kaufpreis, der mich davon abhält, sondern der #VendorLockin und #Antifeatures .

Zum Glück gibts ja ArmorPaint https://armorpaint.org/https://github.com/armory3d/armorpaint
#Armory3D #3d #cg #oss