“Monopolistic centralized video platforms can only be sustained by surveillance capitalism.

We wanted small groups (…) to be able to afford to emancipate themselves from Big Tech’s platforms (…). We needed to develop a tool to democratize videohosting, so it had to be designed with radically different values in mind.

And that is what we did. We build PeerTube to empower people, not databases or shareholders.”

Brilliant article! 😍

https://framablog.org/2023/12/12/mobile-app-redesign-new-dev-promotion-lets-build-a-bright-future-for-peertube/

#FLOSS #FOSS #PeerTube

Mobile App, redesign, new dev, promotion… let’s build a bright future for PeerTube !

Developing an ethical and emancipating alternative to YouTube, Twitch or Vimeo without Surveillance Capitalism's means is a huge undertaking. Especially for a small French not-for-profit that...

^Framablog

Le candidature per le elezioni del nuovo board di @tdforg sono arrivate.

E' un piacere vedere che tanti membri delle comunità di diverse parti del mondo abbiano accettato la nomina supportando il manifesto per @libreoffice

https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/dzeZxfNBMqSGYke

E' bello vedere che ci sono anche 2 donne tra i candidati.

#SoftwareLibero #FOSS #OpenSource #LibreOffice

@tdforg's nomination period for the election of a new board ended.

I'm very pleased to see that members from around the world have accepted the nomination supporting the Pledge for @libreoffice
https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/D5drr8Hbom6tYTD

It's also wonderful to see 2 women among the candidates.

#OpenSource #FOSS #LibreOffice #TDF #Elections

Best Private Alternatives to #WhatsApp

https://tuta.com/blog/best-whatsapp-alternatives-privacy

#privacy #foss #cybersecurity #signal #threema #element #simplex #tuta #wire

Best Private Alternatives to WhatsApp | Our Top 6

'Review of the best alternatives to WhatsApp: Signal, Threema, Telegram, Element, Wire, SimpleX.'

^Tutanota

"The German government has launched a new Open Source software project called openDesk, which aims to reduce the country’s dependency on proprietary software vendors and support transparency and interoperability.

openDesk is a collection of #OpenSource software modules that are important for day-to-day work in the public sector, such as text creation, file collaboration, project management, email, calendar and messaging."

#FOSS #government #overheid #DigitalSovereignty

https://opensource.net/governments-adopt-open-source-sovereignty/

Governments turn to Open Source for sovereignty - OpenSource.net

The German government is developing a digital workplace platform called openDesk, to reduce dependency on proprietary software vendors and support transparency and interoperability.

^{Corinna Günther (OpenSource.net)}