Let’s boot Big-Brother AI out of our lives - The Newsleaders For the past two weeks, every time during email exchanges, I felt queasy and creepy, as if “Big Brother” was watching me.

AI big brother is watching your every step. Time to put him to the curb, and his proprietary platforms can go with him.
#AI #proprietarysoftware

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OMG! I think I get why some people seem to treat using an app as endorsing the people who made it. Because if it's proprietary, you are!

To use a proprietary app is to implicitly endorse the vendors, as being trustedworthy enough to run hidden code on other people's devices, and dependable for […]

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The cuts to #USAID left a big hole in global health. The numbers of people dying because of the current US administration is truly staggering.

Imagine though if the world decided to re-think how international development is done.

How much aid goes to paying for #IntellectualProperty?

What if […]

What if... the world decided not pay any patents on #pharmaceutical companies?

What if... rather than paying for #ProprietarySoftware, aid went to employ people in the country that is receiving the aid?

What else would we change, that now that the USA has stepped out of a central role?

A general view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)

I find it difficult to grasp how dangerous the reliance on huge #corporations and #proprietarysoftware is until hearing something like this:

apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sancti...

The chief […]

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PC gaming remains undefeated: Nintendo now says it has the right to brick your Switch if it thinks you're pirating games or modifying the console Citizen, we have detected installation of an unlicensed "Bowsette" software modification. Prepare for interdiction by a licensed Nintendo paramilitary subcontractor.

Reminder: you do not own the hardware, if you don't control the software. If Nintendo can remote brick your console, then you are paying for a very limited, very restricted usage right.
#proprietarysoftware #remotebrick #nintendo
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🤔 Open Source or Proprietary Software – which is the right choice for your business?

In our latest blog, we break down the pros and cons of both to help you make an informed decision. 💡 🔗 https://s.mtrbio.com/hkunywetnk

#OpenSource #ProprietarySoftware #TechDecisions

"Unlike copyleft software licenses, the MIT License also permits reuse within #proprietarySoftware,"

The #Fediverse has already shown us what happens when many ideologically opposed instances start up, they throw up various amount of restrictions and/or block each other's content, users, etc.