⚠️ Beginning Feb 26, Amazon will block you from:

1) downloading ebooks to your computer

2) transferring books from computer to Kindle via USB

This is another reminder that you do not own your media when you buy through companies like Amazon.

Before the 26th:

Go to Accounts & Lists > Content Library > Books. Click More actions > Download & transfer via USB.

Anytime:

Migrate ASAP to a workflow where you control your media. https://calibre-ebook.com/ is a fantastic, open source place to start.

What do these all have in common?

Keurig coffee makers

HP printers

GE refrigerators

John Deere tractors

Apple iPhones

Parts pairing!

Each of these products has a history of restricting which parts or supplies can be used with it.

Let's talk specifics. (1/2)

Indie devs have begun adding a no generative AI stamp to their store pages https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/indie-devs-have-begun-adding-a-no-generative-ai-stamp-to-their-store-pages/

#AI #GameDev #Gaming #PCGaming

Here's how to change your "Privacy" setting on Facebook or Instagram:

Potential first major red flag that the AI bubble is going to burst - Microsoft are cancelling opex they'd committed for AI https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-24/microsoft-cancels-leases-for-ai-data-centers-analyst-says

#xmpp #meme

Framework wants to fix the budget laptop with its first touchscreen machine https://www.theverge.com/news/618784/framework-laptop-12-touchscreen-convertible-announcement-release-date #news #Gadgets #Laptops #News #Tech

La pirateria non è solo un'infrazione delle leggi sul copyright: è una forma di disobbedienza civile contro il controllo monopolistico dell’industria culturale.

Da Gutenberg alle onde radio libere, dal peer-to-peer a Sci-Hub, la storia della diffusione della conoscenza e dell’accesso ai media è intrecciata a quella di chi sfida le restrizioni imposte dai grandi distributori.

indiscreto.org/copyright-e-dis…

@pirati

"we value your privacy" to we're sending your data to 1602 partners pipeline

#Firefox uno dei pochi browser web a dare agli utenti la libertà di continuare a utilizzare i componenti aggiuntivi Manifest V2.

Il supporto per MV2 è l'unico modo per procedere per i vecchi componenti aggiuntivi.

Manifest V3 (invece) è sviluppata da Google, impone restrizioni su determinati tipi di componenti aggiuntivi, come gli ad-blocker (es. uBlock) e possono renderli meno efficaci, privando gli utenti della scelta tra funzionalità e rischio. 🙏

https://www.html.it/magazine/firefox-continuera-a-supportare-manifest-v2/

When it comes to digital stuff, if you can’t

- download and store it
- DRM-free
- in a portable / open format
- with no phone-home check
- for entirely offline enjoyment

you’ve paid for an unstable rental of indeterminate duration, no matter how it was described to you.

RIP Gene Hackman 1930-2025 💔

Encourage more companies to GPL the source code of their classic games.



I like this.

In 2021, Mozilla had $593M USD in revenue. $510M USD of that revenue came from Google paying for search engine placement in Firefox. That’s 86% of their yearly revenue.

Google lost their recent anti-trust lawsuit, and the DOJ is exploring several absurdly complicated legal remedies. The simple remedy that would let everyone claim a quick victory and move on would be to ban Google from paying off potential competitors like Apple in the form of search engine placement.

If Mozilla’s continued actions seem irrational and against their core user base, it’s because they’ve got a sword of Damocles hanging over their head and are desperate to find alternative revenue streams for the vast majority of their income.

postmarketOS@fosstodon.org with phosh@fosstodon.org on Pixel 3a.

#Linux #LinuxMobile #Linmob

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-terms-of-use/



We’ve seen a little confusion about the language regarding licenses, so we want to clear that up. Confusion? Cleat that up?

We need a license to allow us to make some of the basic functionality of Firefox possible. You mean the basic functionality that has worked for the past 30 years without doing this?

Without it, we couldn’t use information typed into Firefox, for example. You're not supposed to use the information we type into Firefox, for anything at all. Don't even try to collect it, just don't, ever.



Everyone complaining about this is well informed about what this means. Do not gaslight us into being confused.

#Microsoft sarebbe pronta ad abbandonare Skype.

Nel codice dell’ultima versione di anteprima rilasciata per Windows è nascosto un messaggio che non lascia molto spazio a interpretazioni. Il gruppo di Redmond avrebbe già deciso di spingere gli utenti verso Teams, a partire dal maggio 2025.

"A partire da maggio, #Skype non sarà più disponibile. Continua le tue chiamate e chat in #Teams .

https://www.punto-informatico.it/addio-skype/

Hello browser users, please don't use ungoogled-chromium instead of Firefox unless you absolutely have to! The recent ToS changes are enraging but please don't think using anything Chromium would be better in that regard. Besides, Chromium is also horrible for web engine diversity

I like to think of ungoogled-chromium as a hack to get privacy and other aspects to a point that can match what can be done with config options in Firefox