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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • I like the aim and ethos, but not so much the design (other than interesting modularity) and certain things rub me the wrong way. And the pricing is just very out of line.

    In the end, I’ll just continue to do what I have been and keep old laptops running as long as possible. Have been using old IT-recycled housings or eBay purchases of “just the right thing” and swapped parts around, rebuilt the OS, etc. That’s where much of the fun is anyway, heh.

    I do wish the Fairphone were easier to come by in the US, tho.



  • Generally disagree. If you want the Fediverse to become a large open standard, if not the largest, then this is going to just be a matter of course. Companies will seek to commodify all their offerings, whether they use open standards or not. Many exist that commodify on top of open-source software and open standards. The important part is to ACHEIVE the open standard to begin with, and I think it’s short-sighted to pre-emptively block something that could be a strong item down that path, and before it might show itself to be more harmful towards that goal.

    It can always be blocked later, situation-depending.