tldr lost interest

Unfortunately most of the internet is login-gated at this point. And honestly a lot of it is justifiable, lest you let the bots run wild scraping your site until it goes down completely.

I don’t recall them really leaning into Linux so hard in their previous marketing but it’s all over now!

I could, or you could click the link in the OP to the original source 🙂

The links were not formatted but they are there:

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But it was quiet before that. It just means there wasn’t any sort of announcement. Which is important context, don’t you think?

None of them has something that can compare to the app store, play store, or even the Microsoft store

There are lots of reasons someone might choose Windows but…this ain’t it. The Linux app managers are way easier to use, require no account, and aren’t full of ads and malware.

Why

It always has been. And yet consistently for decades they continually turn to Big Tech anyway…

Ooh I made the list!

I mean there are worse things that could be making up…

There are many different communities and servers with many different mods and admins, and they all have independent thoughts on what should and shouldn’t be allowed.

Developers don’t control content.

The fediverse is, by intention, not controlled by any particular person or entity. It is not a “platform”. So the answer is never.

https://colota.app/

That’s great. You shouldn’t have to disable this. You should have to enable it. But this again is completely in line with what all these tech companies do. They add these new controls but do not notify the user about them and do not ask about them. It’s the user’s responsibility to periodically comb through the 3000 system settings on a regular basis to ensure they haven’t added anything.

Even Obama handed out bailouts like candy. No chance this admin doesn’t.

Are you saying that creators should drop patronage platforms entirely and just request direct transfers from Zelle?

Correct

Zelle also can’t support recurring billing so subscriptions wouldn’t work.

It actually can.

I think it would introduce a lot of other issues at any decent scale.

I don’t see any “other issues” that could possibly be bigger than the existing ones.

Why do you need a “commercial platform”? I feel like it’s important to consider the context here (Patreon) where you’re transferring money to creators who have already provided a service. This doesn’t require an API. Bank to bank transfers is all that’s required. You can split income after the funds are received.

Yes, I understand Stripe bad. Why can’t Zelle replace it?

Sorry, I don’t understand what you’re trying to say. Stripe “math” is brutal? What does that mean?

Zelle has no overhead and no extra charges or fees, its completely free. That’s why I recommend it.