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David Pierce
David Pierce
“RSS basically works like social media should work.”

Cory Doctorow makes a strong case for replacing pretty much your entire internet feeds experience with an RSS reader, and spoiler alert he’s right and you should:

Using RSS is a chance to visit a utopian future in which the platforms have no power, and all power is vested in publishers, who get to decide what to publish, and in readers, who have total control over what they read and how, without leaking any personal information through the simple act of reading.

Pluralistic: You should be using an RSS reader (16 Oct 2024)

[Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow]

The character assassination of Janet Jackson by the coward Justin TimberlakeThe character assassination of Janet Jackson by the coward Justin Timberlake
Melodrama!Melodrama!
Joanna Nelius
Google Flights makes it easier to find the cheapest airfareGoogle Flights makes it easier to find the cheapest airfare
What Gmail did to emailWhat Gmail did to email
Barbara Krasnoff
A long time ago, we used to be friendsA long time ago, we used to be friends
Facebook put us out thereFacebook put us out there
Alex Heath
Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begunGoogle Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begun
Where did our 2004 photos go?Where did our 2004 photos go?
Allison Johnson
The internet’s homepageThe internet’s homepage
David Pierce
They’re called “Podcasts”They’re called “Podcasts”
David Pierce
2004? 2024? Or Both?2004? 2024? Or Both?
Kevin Nguyen
WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine pluginWordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin
The Internet Archive is still down but will return in ‘days, not weeks’The Internet Archive is still down but will return in ‘days, not weeks’
Jacob Kastrenakes
Jacob Kastrenakes
“Automattic is completely out of line, and the potential damage to the open source world extends far beyond WordPress,”

writes David Heinemeier Hansson, the CTO at 37signals and creator of the open-source framework Ruby on Rails.

DHH says it “occasionally irks” him to see companies failing to contribute to Ruby on Rails, but that’s the rules:

None of the major licenses, however, say anything close to “it’s free but only until the project owners deem you too successful and then you’ll have to pay 8% of your revenues to support the project”. That’s a completely bonkers and arbitrary standard based in the rule of spite, not law.

Automattic is doing open source dirty

[world.hey.com]

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