I'm sorry if I insulted you. Didn't mean to.
What I mean is that its not a matter of paying or not paying. Or a matter of privacy or not. It's a matter of freedom and the future of humanity.I Iove paying for libre software. We need software that respects people's rights and gives them the possibility of studying, sharing and evolving to us humanity as a whole. That gives them control over their computers and lives.
A lot of us here are on the same boat. We don't know each other but deal with these same issues. We know the truth behind proprietary software and surveillance capitalism and we know that we can only succeed in our efforti if we bring together our loved ones. We need to find the best language and ways to let people know the reality behind the software they use, the dangers of using it, and the marvelous solutions of the free software community. We are a community. Let's hold ourselves together and keep going. The world may be based in libre software in the future. If it doesn't, it will be not a good place to live on. But at least we tried. If not for us, for the ones that'll come in the future.
And trusting with closed eyes and giving away control of their computers to that big tech co
Having ads
And enjoying updates at good moments
And having to have an antivirus
And paying licenses
And having your children learn computing on an environment that they'll get used to so they'll have to buy their own when they get older and cope with all this sh*t
I'm sorry, I think I didn't explain well my motivations.
First of all, as many of you also are, I am a libre software and ethical platforms promoter. I am always looking for ways to help people migrate, for example, form instagram to pixelfed and the fediverse. It is difficult, mostly because of the network effect, so we need groups that are willing to make the change.
Sometimes I help people and communities with their IT issues ad honorem, but in exchange I ask them to use and promote libre/ethical platforms.
So, the other day I was thinking... what if, instead of trying to find how to make people move to the fediverse, we promote the fediverse as a platform for solving a need people are nowadays having?
And it turns out I found a lot of people wanting a minimal website with minimum hassle.
Instagram was not designed for websites, and the hindrances it intentionally has, make it a much worse platform thaan what a static site or a even a CMS site would be. But a lot of people and businesses use Instagram as their main "website".
So, the thing is, what if for example I could set up an instance, in which I provide premium support to "clients", and I could even charge for this! (I am not thinking in making money, but where I live, although it sounds stupid, people sometimes value more what is paid than another "free" web platform.) And I give them their minimal space for posting their things with an easy interface. They will get the interactions with peoples as a plus. They will see they won't have ads nor need to have an instagram account. Maybe this will help boost peoples migration to the fediverse.
Pixelfed for example is perfect for artists... it offers a portfolio feature. But for other kinds of business, we need something more like facebook pages. Firefish (ex calckey) has pages functionality... I don't know... I am just thinking out loud.
Yeah, I understand the logic... but what about if we break this barriers? They don't really need a forum. Just a couple of static posts plus a microblogging would be enough. The ability of having interactions directly with the community would be a plus. I am not thinking only on solving their needs, but on proposing the fediverse as a solution to an actual problem so that we get more migrations.
Yeah they are on google maps (sadly needed) and openstreetmap, and they actually do have a wordpress (I am thinking of a restaurant) but they really don't need so much. And they wanna quit hosting because they've had a lot of people as intermediaries taking advantage and charging a lot and the hassle of hosting migration etc.
I love Drupal architecture though, but it is too much for the minimal needs.
Yes. could be. I am trying to promote the fediverse as much as possible so maybe I am overly doing it.
What about just a minimal ethical/privacy friendly hosted service to put your data on? people use facebook or instagram, but they really could do with something so much lighter.
I've tried many things in this situations (seeing other girls, distracting with alcohol/drugs, etc) but they all just seem to alleviate the pain when they just throw it under the rug for a while.
For me, the best way to handle this has been to face my pain altogether. This pain does not come from this event. It is my own ancient pain that has been triggered by my now ex. Staying with the pain, listening to it, feeling it in your body and letting it be there is a transformative act.
I recommend listening to Pema Chödron's videos or books. Maybe "When things fall apart". I personally have been helped a lot by doing the "tonglen" meditation.
If you use the minimum and precise amount of water, water will be completely evaporated when pasta is done, so you won't have to strain. I don't know why, but this makes pasta so much tasteful.
geoma @ geoma @lemmy.ml Posts 5Comments 256Joined 4 yr. ago
Good. But sometimes not paying for something now makes you pay more in the long run