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Yes, though I like stars as a feature. Forgejo is just as good, so use that instead; I also hear that they're working on adding federation support, so it'll work like the Fediverse at some point.
Yes. The GPL is still king in my book, but less protective licenses have flourished after corporations conceded the superiority of our development model and encroached on our space.
Yes.
Yes, the FOSS community settling there is just baffling when alternatives exist and could use the attention and polish.
Yes, but that's also going to be the case on any FOSS alternative that attracts attention, so not sure why he's singling out Discord here; this is especially true if it's a decentralized solution, where the chuds can host their own instances. The problem here is lackluster content moderation and not the platform itself; the tools exist---they just need to be used.
Yes it did, lol. Matrix is the most viable alternative at this time, but the jank is pretty noticeable. That being said, it still has millions of users so it seems to be in "good enough" territory, especially for tech nerds. Just gotta give it some polish.
Always a good idea.
I've been saying this for like 10 years. People don't seem to design UIs/do marketing for fun though in the same way that we program for fun, so not sure if there's actual people to pull into our projects here, but we do need this. Maybe we should crowdfund hiring designers.
I'm not convinced that the FSF is still culturally relevant in the FOSS ecosystem outside of Stallman memes; they fell off pretty hard even before Stallman got cancelled for being a neckbeard. I agree that the FSF's message needs to persist, but I think the problem here is that corporations have encroached on our space and they're better drivers of inertia since they have more resources to funnel into this stuff.
I don't think that's going to be enough to solve the problem here. Tech companies need legislation to reign in their power and influence, especially big tech since they seem to have accumulated so much that it's not realistically feasible to compete with them anymore.