spacebeer

Forums and Fediverse could do that, if you choose wisely and use it responsibly

You start to use it because you care about privacy and your data. But now it's just to avoid all the crap Google and OEMs put into the phone. Same story is with PC and Windows. To quote one smart guy: "I'm not in the mood to be treated as a chimp." And that's it.

I decided there won't be Windows device in my home anymore. If it turns out I can't do some stuff on Linux or Windows VM, I'm willing to give my money to Apple, Nintendo or Sony, even though I consider(ed) them worse then MS, and I hate their UI and policies. But at least they've been doing the same (bad) things for decades, while MS has no idea what they want and what users want from them. Or worse - they know but still insist on giving us all this cr*p

So not just EU, but any other region in the world, like Africa, South America, Central Asia should just give up and not try to make a business that could disrupt existing giants?

There are good people making good software all over the world. We just need to start using it more instead of this crap being thrown at us by big tech

It worked for China, when they banned or restricted what Google, MS, Apple, Facebook can do there

It can also happen for Flatpak not to work on some distros.

Pdfsam and Masterpdf have native linux versions. Both are quite good. Though I use(d) Flexipdf via wine

Great work

Or you could make a OS/DE for normal people, with an option to change audio output per program with 2 clicks, like KDE Plasma does.

I haven't read all, but Attack no. 6 requires access to unlocked phone. IMO, if that is the case, I wouldn't consider this as an attack, at least not as something that would stop me using the service

I've been using various CAD programs, and IMO, FreeCAD UI/UX is quite ok. If you are Inventor or Solidworks user and try to switch to SolidEdge for example, it won't be easy. Not to mention some others like VariCAD (~30 years old professional MCAD)

There are many issues with FreeCAD being OSS alternative to professional MCAD software, but UI/UX is not one of them

There are still many good old "offline" CAD programs, some of them points out permanent license as their selling point (Alibre Design, BricsCAD, VariCAD...). When it comes to simulation, there are also many others. I usually use FreeCAD to run simple FEM analysis (it has more possibilities than Solidworks SimulationXpress)

Many Fusion users have switched to alternative CAD programs in last year or two. Many of them started using Alibre products, which have quite good pricing (Atom is great choice for hobby users/small workshops). Too bad it's Windows only (like almost all CAD programs). But I think FreeCAD also increased their user-base, which will hopefully help them grow (like Blender). It's really great software, but still missing some features needed for (more) professional work.

It's hard for companies to move to another CAD software, but some companies are really pushing their users away :D

Haha, few weeks ago I was thinking if wooden wind turbines could become reality. Though I think blades could also be made of some wood composite

They will connect it to you sooner or later. Then it doesn't matter if it's dummy or "real". [rant start] Similar thing happened to me recently (not restaurants, but language schools), I decided I would rather continue without services I need (even if it was e.g. kindergarten for a kid) than make (dummy) FB account (Whatsapp, Instagram included). I am more annoyed by big tech practices by each day (Google and Paypal even more). I really hate them all :| The only bigtech service I'm still using is LinkedIn (also hate it) and only because it remained as only connection to some old friends and acquaintances. They all really suck in any possible way [end of rant]

There are no Firefox, Thudnerbird, Nextcloud client... on the list

So the best way to fight totalitarian regimes is to remain silent? That will work for sure, as it always did

I've been using FairEmail for some time (premium version, F-Droid) and it is great. I have my main IMAP account there

But I also use K-9 Mail (beta, from F-Droid). It is easier for me to handle multiple (secondary) accounts with K9, than FE