#swiso — Public Fediverse posts

Yesterday we successfully moved to a new Mastodon instance run by some of our curators: https://fedifreu.de
It's running a friendly fork of Mastodon called #GlitchSoc which gives us many nice features including Markdown posting, polls with more than 4 options, longer toots, and more. See https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/ for details.

Today we published a new version of https://switching.software with too many updates to list. Check it out for the latest alternatives to proprietary software!

We know that our website still contains some outdated content because this project had a period of inactivity. If you notice errors or omissions, please search for existing issues in our Codeberg repository before creating new issues: https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/issues

#switchingSoftware #swiso #softwareAlternatives #FOSS #FLOSS

@ademalsasa I suggest not trusting #swiso. https://lemmy.ml/post/31487

When the most privacy-respecting #search service is the least popular & mostly unheard of, it means the privacy advice sites are not doing their job. They all continue to endorse a #Microsoft syndicate. It’s pitiful. They¹ should be embarrassed to still be standing behind #DDG. 1. #ThinkPrivacy #SwiSo ssd.eff.org securitycheckli.st #PRISMbreak @markosaric #privacyGuides

When the most privacy-respecting #search service is the least popular & mostly unheard of, it means the privacy advice sites are not doing their job. They all continue to endorse a #Microsoft syndicate. It’s pitiful. They¹ should be embarrassed to still be standing behind #DDG. 1. #ThinkPrivacy #SwiSo ssd.eff.org securitycheckli.st #PRISMbreak @markosaric #privacyGuides

When the most privacy-respecting #search service is the least popular & mostly unheard of, it means the privacy advice sites are not doing their job. They all continue to endorse a #Microsoft syndicate. It’s pitiful. They¹ should be embarrassed to still be standing behind #DDG. 1. #ThinkPrivacy #SwiSo ssd.eff.org securitycheckli.st #PRISMbreak @markosaric #privacyGuides

@joeligj12 E.g. #swiso still endorses #DuckDuckGo, even though there's a huge list of serious issues (http://techrights.org/2021/03/15/duckduckgo-in-2021/) while at the same time there are tens of better options that #SwitchingSoftware ignored.

@FediFollows @dpwiz @mxtthxw @switchingsoftware First and foremost, you shouldn't lie to the readers. You shouldn't recommend a walled garden while calling it "open". I answered this earlier. The honest thing for #swiso to say is "we do not know of any service that upholds our values but perhaps you'll find these alternatives better than Patreon, & note the list of pitfalls for why these options also counter our values"

@dpwiz @mxtthxw @FediFollows @switchingsoftware if "pack your stuff" & "walk away" is a metaphor for boycott #Cloudflare, that's indeed what I do. I boycott all of #MACFANG. But this is not about me; it's about #switchingSoftware, who is betraying their readers by lying to them about the openness of the #Cloudflare site that they endorse & by concealing the pitfalls which directly contradicts the #SWISO mission.

@switchingsoftware @FediFollows @mxtthxw @dpwiz A blind claim that Tor is only convenient in "outdated" protocols is unfounded. Which modern protocols are you saying Tor is inconvenient or sluggish for? Cloudflare being "here to stay" is very poor rationale for supporting #Cloudflare. #Amazon, #Google, #Facebook, & #Microsoft are also here to stay but this does not justify empowering them. It does not justify #swiso lying to ppl.

@dpwiz @mxtthxw @FediFollows @switchingsoftware Would you trust Cloudflare to handle your sensitive financial data knowing that? This is what #Liberapay is exposing people to, with endorsement from #swiso contrary to their mission statement.

@cnx @switchingsoftware @mxtthxw @FediFollows #Fosspay is clearly a better choice than #Liberapay. Avoiding #Paypal is a big plus. But I must say when we compare fosspay to liberapay, it's only sensible is consider liberapay as software (not the liberapay.com service). All the evil with liberapay is with the service, which is what #swiso shamefully endorses. Anyway, fosspay sw is still better for favoring #Swipe over #Paypal.

@mxtthxw @FediFollows @switchingsoftware this thread is also interesting, where #swiso disregards warnings about #Liberapay & opts to proactively endorse them: https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/issues/141

@torsten_torsten

Ja, #SwitchingSoftware (#SwiSo) ist super - ...und auch im Fediverse vertreten: @switchingsoftware 👋