This is true. And I use the proprietary Nvidia driver. Definitely still worth trying to pick a better service to use whenever possible though, I will say. I'm looking to switch to a different driver when I find one that works correctly.
@mgifford @BillySmith Just because others do a thing doesn't make it right. Geez, didn't your parents give you the "if your friends are jumping off a bridge without a parachute, would you do it?" speech?
These systems also spy on users, require users to have accounts within said proprietary systems, will enshittify very badly soon (ok, Telegram already is,) and etc.
Even if you must use something proprietary, at least something less evil like, say, Revolt, but systems have existed that were open for a long time. Most things used to use IRC for open discussion and a few still do. It's still reliable and good and pretty much Just Works™.
There is literally no reason for FOSS to be using Discord with quite a few reasons against and a billion reasons to avoid Telegram like a plague
Mike Gifford, CPWA
in reply to omar • • •Billy Smith
in reply to Mike Gifford, CPWA • • •Proprietary systems that can be turned off at their owner's whim.
Mike Gifford, CPWA
in reply to Billy Smith • • •Ethan Black
in reply to Mike Gifford, CPWA • • •Mike Gifford, CPWA
in reply to Ethan Black • • •@golemwire @BillySmith how many developers do so on a Mac. I do.
Life is complicated
Ethan Black
in reply to Mike Gifford, CPWA • • •Definitely still worth trying to pick a better service to use whenever possible though, I will say. I'm looking to switch to a different driver when I find one that works correctly.
omar
in reply to Mike Gifford, CPWA • • •Being a developer on Mac doesn't imply that you can't use open and proven solution for communication if your project is interoperable/cross-platform.
Of course, if it is just about iOS app - be it opensource - do it over iMessage or WhatsApp if you want :)
> Life is complicated
For that matter, no, sincerely.
@golemwire
@BillySmith
Nazo
in reply to Mike Gifford, CPWA • • •@mgifford @BillySmith Just because others do a thing doesn't make it right. Geez, didn't your parents give you the "if your friends are jumping off a bridge without a parachute, would you do it?" speech?
These systems also spy on users, require users to have accounts within said proprietary systems, will enshittify very badly soon (ok, Telegram already is,) and etc.
Even if you must use something proprietary, at least something less evil like, say, Revolt, but systems have existed that were open for a long time. Most things used to use IRC for open discussion and a few still do. It's still reliable and good and pretty much Just Works™.
There is literally no reason for FOSS to be using Discord with quite a few reasons against and a billion reasons to avoid Telegram like a plague