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submitted 5 months ago by JustMarkov@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

As you can easily notice, today many open source projects are using some services, that are… sus.

For example, Github is the most popular place to store your project code and we all know, who owns it. And not to forget that sketchy AI training on every line of your code. Don't we have alternatives? Oh, yes we have. Gitlab, Codeberg, Notabug, etc. You can even host your own Gitea or Forgejo instance if you want.

Also, Crowdin is very popular in terms of software (and docs) translation. Even Privacy Guides and The New Oil use Crowdin, even though we have FLOSS Weblate, that you can easily self-host or use public instances.

So, my question is: if you are building a FLOSS / privacy related project, why using proprietary and privacy invasive tools?

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[-] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

Didn't say you should. I would rather not, but, e.g., the mautrix bridges are the only way I can keep contact to a majority of family nowadays sigh

[-] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

I still need to set up something like Slidge myself. The worst are these accounts that require Android or iOS apps to work.

this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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