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…
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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
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Copyright e disobbedienza civile
La pirateria è sempre stata più di una semplice 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…
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#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/
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/
HTML.it
Firefox continuerà a supportare Manifest V2
A differenza di Google Chrome o Microsoft Edge, Mozilla ha affermato che Firefox supporterà Manifest V2 oltre alla versione V3.
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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.
- 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.
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Encourage more companies to GPL the source code of their classic games.
I like this.
I like this.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
The Mozilla Blog
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#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/
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/
Punto Informatico
Addio Skype: manca solo l'annuncio ufficiale
Microsoft sarebbe pronta a dire ufficialmente addio a Skype, abbandonando la piattaforma: la chiusura già pianificata per il mese di maggio.
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
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
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Ecco il #tutorial su come passare da #Windows a #Linux! Prendiamo in esame il #SoftwareLibero e #OpenSource per poi passare all'installazione di linuxmint@mastodon.social in dual boot.
Peertube: https://videos.gianmarco.gg/w/9P264wHnC5ais1XTmhuDQp
Odysee: gianmarcogg03@odysee.com
YouTube: https://youtu.be/i6qC3yENrz4
Peertube: https://videos.gianmarco.gg/w/9P264wHnC5ais1XTmhuDQp
Odysee: gianmarcogg03@odysee.com
YouTube: https://youtu.be/i6qC3yENrz4
Gianmarco's PeerTube Server
Tutorial su come passare da Windows a Linux - La forza del software libero e la fine di Windows 10
In questo video vi parlo del software libero e di Linux, perché usarli, e di come passarci in tempo per la fine del supporto di Windows 10 pianificata per il 14 ottobre 2025. Musica di EON-PR e inc...
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If you're on Debian or something Debian-derived (Ubuntu? Mint? Pop?), you might be able to install LibreWolf, a privacy-minded fork of Firefox, with an extrepo.
```
sudo apt install extrepo
sudo extrepo enable librewolf
sudo apt update && sudo apt install librewolf
```
Sid users should probably do the repo the old fashioned way, LibreWolf has instructions at their site.
I don't normally recommend adding repos to Debian but LibreWolf is a limited case.
https://librewolf.net/#what-is-librewolf
```
sudo apt install extrepo
sudo extrepo enable librewolf
sudo apt update && sudo apt install librewolf
```
Sid users should probably do the repo the old fashioned way, LibreWolf has instructions at their site.
I don't normally recommend adding repos to Debian but LibreWolf is a limited case.
https://librewolf.net/#what-is-librewolf
librewolf.net
LibreWolf Browser
A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.
Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams https://www.theverge.com/news/621353/microsoft-skype-shutting-down-retirement-may-2025
The Verge
Microsoft is shutting down Skype
The end of the Skype era.
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My thoughts RE “Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox” AKA Mozilla’s latest entry in getting people riled up
Most of you know I am a #Firefox (well, Gecko) stan, but here we go again with Mozilla’s messy pivots.
1. Please stop saying “let Firefox die cuz #Mozilla sucks” and “use a Firefox fork instead” in the same breath, figuratively speaking.
2. Why the point above? Because your favorite forks like #Librewolf, #Waterfox, or even #Tor rely on Firefox as upstream for #security fixes, which is a big deal. Maintaining a modern browser engine with all these features - including fixing bugs and addressing CVEs - people have come to expect is exceptionally resource intensive. The modern day browser is complicated - I’d go as far as to say just as complicated (or more so) than most *nix operating systems.
3. Now that I got 1 and 2 out of the way, Mozilla pls. ToS for a browser or anything ran strictly locally is crazy. Even phone home champion Windows makes clear what is governed by Microsoft’s TOU and ToS (most things, lol).
4. In seriousness, it is a pretty communication/tone deaf move from Mozilla, imo. If I had to guess, it looks like they tried to add ToS specifically to certain “opt-in” or components of Firefox that aren’t processed on device. But the language certainly read as applying to Firefox as a whole. At risk of Monday night quarterbacking, maybe a better approach would be to link or point to a ToS for specific components if users enabled them or opted in.
5. Even the update to the initial blog post is tone deaf, imo. Mozilla should know that most users are not privy to what they doing/discussing/planning internally. Users are used to “rug pulls,” and without any context, it certainly looks that way. Additionally, given their turbulence over what to focus on outside of Firefox (especially in the last few years) to generate revenue outside of Google’s payment to be the default search provider… well, maybe they should have taken that into account.
6. I think we’re really seeing Mozilla _scrambling_ to establish groundwork in another source of revenue... which given their latest efforts is “sustainable” AI.
7. Where was the heads up? Springing a change like this, in the current hostile to privacy environment, from an organization claiming to our privacy first is not a good look. Even if the change was… misguided or poorly written of itself. Or even if 4 was the goal.
#privacy #privacymatters
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-terms-of-use/
Most of you know I am a #Firefox (well, Gecko) stan, but here we go again with Mozilla’s messy pivots.
1. Please stop saying “let Firefox die cuz #Mozilla sucks” and “use a Firefox fork instead” in the same breath, figuratively speaking.
2. Why the point above? Because your favorite forks like #Librewolf, #Waterfox, or even #Tor rely on Firefox as upstream for #security fixes, which is a big deal. Maintaining a modern browser engine with all these features - including fixing bugs and addressing CVEs - people have come to expect is exceptionally resource intensive. The modern day browser is complicated - I’d go as far as to say just as complicated (or more so) than most *nix operating systems.
3. Now that I got 1 and 2 out of the way, Mozilla pls. ToS for a browser or anything ran strictly locally is crazy. Even phone home champion Windows makes clear what is governed by Microsoft’s TOU and ToS (most things, lol).
4. In seriousness, it is a pretty communication/tone deaf move from Mozilla, imo. If I had to guess, it looks like they tried to add ToS specifically to certain “opt-in” or components of Firefox that aren’t processed on device. But the language certainly read as applying to Firefox as a whole. At risk of Monday night quarterbacking, maybe a better approach would be to link or point to a ToS for specific components if users enabled them or opted in.
5. Even the update to the initial blog post is tone deaf, imo. Mozilla should know that most users are not privy to what they doing/discussing/planning internally. Users are used to “rug pulls,” and without any context, it certainly looks that way. Additionally, given their turbulence over what to focus on outside of Firefox (especially in the last few years) to generate revenue outside of Google’s payment to be the default search provider… well, maybe they should have taken that into account.
6. I think we’re really seeing Mozilla _scrambling_ to establish groundwork in another source of revenue... which given their latest efforts is “sustainable” AI.
7. Where was the heads up? Springing a change like this, in the current hostile to privacy environment, from an organization claiming to our privacy first is not a good look. Even if the change was… misguided or poorly written of itself. Or even if 4 was the goal.
#privacy #privacymatters
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-terms-of-use/
The Mozilla Blog
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UPDATE: We’ve seen a little confusion about the language regarding licenses, so we want to clear that up. We need a license to allow us to make some of t
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Reminder that Firefox has a pathway to specifying some settings, including ones not exposed to users any other way, with a config file stored on disk.
They call it enterprise policies but anyone can use it by just putting a file in the location indicated on that site.
You can disable entire features, opt out of Telemetry before your first launch of Firefox on a new install, declare you never want to be part of studies, turn off their ML integration and keep it off, force about:config preferences in a way that can't be "accidentally" reverted, etc.
They call it enterprise policies but anyone can use it by just putting a file in the location indicated on that site.
You can disable entire features, opt out of Telemetry before your first launch of Firefox on a new install, declare you never want to be part of studies, turn off their ML integration and keep it off, force about:config preferences in a way that can't be "accidentally" reverted, etc.
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If you dislike the state of Firefox, please recognize that part of the way it got there was by becoming dependent on the gravy train from Google.
It will still be years before it’s usable, but one thing you could consider is to help fund https://servo.org — it’s a fully independent rendering engine with some really great next-generation tech that is going to make the web a more secure, and a very large % of its contributor base comes from a worker cooperative’s members who happen to be some of the finest minds in browser technology.
The project is flourishing, and you can help it continue to chug along and even accelerate. There’s no telling if it’ll definitely become a full alternative to the current triad of chrome/safari/firefox, but we won’t find out if we don’t try. The future is what we make it.
From: are0h@h-i.social
https://h-i.social/@are0h/114084845340789932
It will still be years before it’s usable, but one thing you could consider is to help fund https://servo.org — it’s a fully independent rendering engine with some really great next-generation tech that is going to make the web a more secure, and a very large % of its contributor base comes from a worker cooperative’s members who happen to be some of the finest minds in browser technology.
The project is flourishing, and you can help it continue to chug along and even accelerate. There’s no telling if it’ll definitely become a full alternative to the current triad of chrome/safari/firefox, but we won’t find out if we don’t try. The future is what we make it.
From: are0h@h-i.social
https://h-i.social/@are0h/114084845340789932
Servo
Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.
Servo is a web rendering engine written in Rust, with WebGL and WebGPU support, and adaptable to desktop, mobile, and embedded applications.
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How my Firefox became a LibreWolf
New blog-post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1065/how-my-firefox-became-a-librewolf
#firefox #librewolf #tos #webcomic
New blog-post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1065/how-my-firefox-became-a-librewolf
#firefox #librewolf #tos #webcomic
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