refalo @ refalo @programming.dev

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I would use Ada or Spark in a heartbeat if there was an easy-to-use, mature cross-platform GUI library for it.

I think eventually if a federated system (or particular server) gets too popular they will just defederate from everyone else and perpetuate the same problem all over again

that is the only current accepted alternative to paying for website access, yes

if you have better ideas though, we'd all love to hear them

You might be right, but I don't think that's a problem they're going to solve all on their own, meanwhile the rest of users will suffer.

such a qol upgrade

I don't think you're wrong, but I do think that if everyone thought that, they would be doing it already.

I have routinely tried to get friends and family to use ad-blockers and they simply don't care enough to even attempt to download one.

Cousin! Let's go bowling.

the queen of /g/

Big Tree is coming for us.

requires

Not for everyone everywhere apparently. It seems dependent on some secret trust algorithm of your IP/fingerprint/something.

I made the same claim before and every time, people proved me wrong.

69% of the world population doesn't use ad blockers. Google made their billions from people clicking on ads.

Not only are we technical folks, only 5% of the population, not their target audience, it seems most people don't care enough about ads to ever try to stop them... at all.

That doesn't mean we need to cater to their business model at the technical level.

From what I have seen, it does... if you want to have a popular site that stays running well, and don't charge your users for access.

69% of the world population doesn't use ad blockers. Google made their billions from people clicking on ads.

Not only are we technical folks (only 5% of the population not their target audience, it seems most people don't care enough about ads to ever try to stop them... at all.

Yes, I wasn't trying to refute that. But Nintendo can still ruin your life fighting a losing battle if they wanted to. To me it's just not worth the risk of putting your name on it.

You're not wrong. I just think that if you believe there is a good chance of having legal problems for your project (I don't see why they wouldn't have thought that), then it makes the most sense to do it anonymously from the beginning to avoid getting sued. Yes they can still possibly offer you money, but it might not be worth revealing your identity at that point either, as any continued development could be assumed to be you, and then you must defend yourself in court if they sue, even if it was never you.

I would consider that cartoony as well. You might disagree but that's ok. I'm not trying to pretend like my opinion is popular, it's just how I personally feel.

I should have articulated my point better. I meant that this has been the "final straw" for some people for most of those steps along the way in the picture. If you look at the comments from then it's often the same kind of thing you're seeing right now. That's why I mentioned selection bias, because there are actually lots of final straws happening over time, people just aren't seeing those or weren't around then.

I think if syncing of (at least) upstream histories between clones was done automatically, they might consider that more in-line with their definition of decentralized.

Also kudos to both of you for communicating your differences properly without resorting to arguments.

I feel like so much of the arguing and trolling nowadays is simply due to a difference in subjective definitions and people not being able to calmly communicate that with each other.

I don't think any of the recommendations here are even close to what OP is asking for... QUIK from my understanding is just a replacement SMS app, it does not "sync messages to other devices" or allow you to send SMS messages via your phone from other devices, nor does it have a desktop/web version, all of which is what Message+ does. Pretty sure this requires a self-hosted server to do (or a third-party proprietary service like MightyText).

SmsMatrix, KDEConnect/GSConnect, Nextcloud Talk are some examples that will do this.

why now all of a sudden

It's not new though, it has been happening for years. Selection bias might be skewing your view.

Attention and recognition.