resist1984 @resist1984@social.privacytools.io

@strypey
probably not legal. I'd demand a refund & if they refuse then sue them for $900 (or $9 for however many years you expect to live).

btw, https://www.exoscale.com/ might be worth a look. Price is higher but probably without shenanigans.

@paulakreuzer
That's a quite useful page. But you might want to move #soundcloud (in part 3) to the left - they seem to treat #tor users with hostility.

@privacy-simplified
It's invite-only.

I'd appreciate an invite if anyone has one (not sure if those are limited)

@codeberg
This will probably compel #Boeing to do a secretive pre-test before the official (broadcasted) test.

CloudFlare is asking for charitable donations & I find it very sickening:

https://opencollective.com/cloudflarecollective#section-about

#CloudFlare Inc. makes fortunes as they *exclude* ppl from visiting the websites of other ppl, and then they enter an *inclusive* community to help themselves to a spot next to good-cause non-profit orgs.

CF scumbags have a corporate tip jar that sits next to the tip jar of projects like #XR. They're as oblivious to their harm as a Trump supporter.

#WTF.

@0xdecafbad@social.linux.pizza
I cannot (will not) reach that store b/c it's jailed in #CloudFlare. And because it's a shop, name, address, & credit card info will be shared with CF along with IP address.

searxes.eu.org is #offline ATM. Bummer! Hope it's temporary.

@lioh@fosstodon.org
There is mention of microsoft github to obtain the docs & CAD files. That's ethically dubious b/c:

1. Github just renewed a $200k contract with #ICE (so buyers are feeding #xenophobia-based policy)
2. Microsoft finances AnyVision, who uses #facialrecognition as a weapon against the ppl of #Palestine.

So ethical supply chains #boycott #Microsoft #Github.

@lioh@fosstodon.org
Ubuntu is an /okay/ choice, but it's not ideal because #Ubuntu has PPAs and (AFAIK) has no rules to thwart #nonfreesoftware.

I suggest making #Debian the factory OS. Debian has a #freesoftware mandate & a higher quality standard. Users know that Ubuntu can be installed on anything that can handle debian, but the reverse is not true.

@lioh@fosstodon.org
I must say though, when I look at the specs there's brief mention of preinstalled #linux, but no statement on whether it is 100% #freesoftware.

Ppl in the market for ethical hardware generally expect to avoid #nonfreesoftware. Part of being ethical is also being transparent. So if the laptop ships with any binary blobs (incl. the BIOS) then you should warn users exactly what is non-free.

@lioh@fosstodon.org
You misunderstood. I was not complaining about the price; @burek@linuxrocks.online was.

My point is that ppl cannot expect ethical products to compete with unethical ones on price alone. This is b/c unethical makers usually have a cost advantage due to their unscrupulous ways.

I'm quite fine with paying double if it avoids feeding a company that should be boycotted.

@kensanata @krozruch impressive to see that it's in official #debian repos too, which implies that the package has reached a reasonable standard of quality

@burek@linuxrocks.online
If you boycott unfair, then the alternatives on not even on the table. So 353 eur is a fair price b/c there's not much competition for ethical supply chains.

@lioh@fosstodon.org

reddit is #centralized on Amazon AWS. Amazon has been caught financing #climatedenial & it's pretty well known that Amazon is the world's biggest investor in #facialrecognition, and thus #privacy abuse.

#boycott #amazon and boycott #reddit