#Enshittification isn't inevitable: under different conditions and constraints, the old, good internet could have given way to a new, good internet. Enshittification is the result of specific policy choices: encouraging monopolies; enabling high-speed, digital shell games; and blocking #interoperability.
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WhatsApp will likely set the global standard for messaging interoperability: This is Why and possibly What
The world already has quite a few good open-source, E2EE and secure messaging protocols like XMPP, Signal, MTProto, Wickr, Wire, and more. But none have ended up dominating across messaging apps. Also, there is no defined W3C open standard for messaging, like ...continues
Freedom requires no-lock in, which is why we self host domains, don't we? Rather than building on somebody else's domain. Oh, you use Gmail. Still?! 🤦♂️
Our desire for ease in a difficult world is what betrays us.
So freedom requires we make the following easy to obtain:
Still trying to make up my mind about rumored federation with Facebook/Meta.
On the one hand, I have a faint naive hope that this could be the Trojan horse that ends walled gardens forever & makes #interoperability the rule.
On the other, #BigTech has history & deep experience at enshittifying everything it touches. The proverb about “He who sups with the Devil should use a long spoon.” There may not be a spoon long enough to deal with #Facebook.
Quick thought on interactions between micro-posting servers like Mastodon, and blogging servers like WriteFreely or WordPress.
What if a micro-post app receiving a long text as a post displayed each paragraph as a separate post in the UI, forming a thread? Replies to any of those separate posts would be received by the back-end as comments on the one post received.
Thank You EU: WhatsApp working on cross-platform interoperability with other messengers
The European Union has recently reached an agreement on a significant competition reform known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which will impose strict rules on large tech companies that will have to offer users the ability to communicate with each other us ...continues
We are positively overwhelmed with the outpouring of support 🚀
People are responding to our call for help! We've also had a number of smaller organizations show up and begin the process of becoming supporting members.
This is encouraging progress, though we still have a lot of work to do to hit our fundraising goals.
Today, @EDPS_supervisor is opening #privacy and #dataprotection conference organised by @fnf with a keynote on "Fediverse for Public Administration: Why we try and why we fail?"
The US government makes a $42 million bet on 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) cell networks
The US government has committed $42 million to further the development of the 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) standard that would allow wireless providers to mix and match cellular hardware and software, opening up a bigger market for third-party equipment that’s cheaper ...continues
Journalists are realising Mastodon and the Fediverse is not so complicated to use after all
As Notopoulos writes, the Fediverse is a better, more user-centric social media concept than the one we currently have, where you amass followers on a single platform then lose them if that platform dies or becomes bad and you decide to quit. Federated social ...continues
We’re excited to announce that we’re supporting #ActivityPub Test Suite and investing in the establishment of developer tools to ensure compatibility among ActivityPub implementations. This #interoperability also benefits users and will lead to individuals having more control over their data.
/microblogmemes is a great #lemmy community, but there’s something really off about sharing a post from one #fediverse app to another via a screenshot.
Does anyone know what #Friendica is missing to correctly generate post link previews on remote systems? #OpenGraph#Interoperability
When a Friendica post is linked on any social network, it is never possible to preview it (unlike what happens with Mastodon or Pleroma: perhaps does it depend on the absence of open graph tags?) · Issue #13959 · friendica/friendica
WordPress.com owner buys all-in-one messaging app Texts.com for $50M
The app brings all your messaging apps together in a single dashboard, including iMessage, Slack, WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, Messenger, LinkedIn, Signal, Discord and X, with plans for more in the future, a company blog post announced.
Bluesky: Two months after its launch, Jack Dorsey’s Twitter alternative comes to Android
Since his departure from Twitter in late 2021, co-founder Jack Dorsey has been working on an alternative to the microblogging site, now owned by eccentric billionaire Elon Musk. Bluesky was initially rolled out to iOS devices in February, and it’s now finally ...continues