I think this #xz thing is gonna go down as the day #FLOSS officially lost its innocence.

You know what I hope comes out of this moment of sincere sadness for those who care about this stuff?

A sense that we will no longer be abused by Megacorps who build on the backs of our work but can't be arsed to help fund that work despite the fact that literally THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THEIR BUSINESS depends on it.

Do you think #google, #amazon or #facebook could exist in their current form without oodles of super high quality free software to run their server swarms on?

Because they can't. For those of us old enough to remember, just imagine "the cloud" if every virtual server required a Solaris or SCO license.

If you've given all you can give, walk away. Open source is wonderful and amazing but you are human and your health and well being is more important. I don't care what falls down as a result.

Methinks something is wrong with this email. Either the #ScreenReader is getting it wrong, or there's something wrong with how it's been formatted, or #Amazon really have gotten greedy of late... Aah, that. Yeah, probably that.

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The American Dialect Society has announced that its 2023 Word of the Year is "Entshittification". 💩

The decline in quality of service and content from #google and #amazon is plain to see, but this doesn't need to be the future of the internet. 🤖

You can help make the web a better place by choosing free and open source alternatives to #BigTech! ✊
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✅ Staff able to watch customers in the bathroom?
✅ Obviously shabby infosec?
✅ Training AI as an excuse for data retention?

🕵🏽 No surprise here: "#Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare #IoT #security fail you can imagine" #privacy

https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/01/ftc_alexa_ring_amazon_settlement/

Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare IoT security fail you can imagine

Staff able to watch customers in the bathroom? Tick! Obviously shabby infosec? Tick! Training AI as an excuse for data retention? Tick!

^{Simon Sharwood (The Register)}

When GOP Attorneys General Embraced Jan. 6, Corporate Funders Fled.
Now They’re Back.
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Even as the Republican Attorneys General Association has leaned further into promoting Trumpism and sowing doubt about U.S. elections, major sponsors including #Amazon, #Walmart and #HomeDepot have resumed their contributions to the group.

#GOP #Elections #RAGA #AttorneysGeneral #Visa #CapitalOne #MasterCard #Intuit #Walgreens #GM #Altria #Comcast

https://www.propublica.org/article/raga-gop-jan6-amazon-walmart-comcast-contributions?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Amazon, Walmart Giving to Republican AGs Group Again

Even as the Republican Attorneys General Association has leaned further into promoting Trumpism and sowing doubt about U.S. elections, major sponsors including Amazon, Walmart and Home Depot have resumed their contributions to the group.

^ProPublica