I think I'd have gone further in the past for such a thought experiment... still if you wonder why people are fighting for digital freedom, here is why.

Interesting new tool for easily setting up dev environments. The real added value to previous such tools is it's open source nature and the fact that you can fully control on which infrastructure the environments will be created.

This clearly doesn't look as interesting as ActivityPub...

Definitely this! Major FOSS projects should think twice before giving their street creds to such closed systems. They've been produced with dubious ethics and copyright practices and since they're usable only through APIs the induced vendor lock-in will be strong.

Yes, streaming isn't forever... it's getting clear lately. That's why I still have CDs of the music I really like.

Interesting piece. It shows quite well what users have lost with the over reliance on HTTP for everything. Moving more and more things in the brother fosters walled gardens indeed. Compound this with branding obsession from most company and you indeed end up with an absurd situation.

This is indeed a concerning move... it's not about legacy, it's about closing an ecosystem.

If it wasn't clear that Microsoft never abandoned it's Palladium plans but merely went for a detour after the backslash... now it's getting very clear with Windows 11. They're clearly back at it and this could become a problem to install something else than Windows on PCs...

Interesting analysis showing how the M1 SoC from Apple is really a good way for them to close and control their desktop ecosystem even more than before. In my opinion, if you care even one bit about your personal freedom you should likely stay away from this ecosystem.

FR: Un article de plus sur le "vendor lock-in" ridicule que nous vivons avec certains appareils (et oui, de nos jours un tracteur est juste un autre appareil avec du code embarqué). Ou pourquoi le droit à la réparation devient une liberté essentielle à défendre.

EN: One more article on the preposterous vendor lock-in we experience with some devices (and yes, nowadays a tractor is yet another device with embedded code). Or why right to repair becomes an important freedom to defend.