I prefer native packages, but if the option is between Flatpak and no package at all, then I'd rather have the Flatpak. It's also nice that developers can package their application once and be done with it.
Damn, never doubt their power.
The future is probably going to be:
- Whitelist federation models with invite-only instances.
- Anubis and similar software being a base requirement for operation.
- Getting creative with stuff like picture-based logic puzzles as a type of captcha.
- A retreat into less publicly visible spaces like chat apps that you can only get access to through networking.
Yeah, and with the corporate culture that MBAs bring with them, they also tend to make everything as boring and sterile as possible since any degree of fun and personality could be seen as off-putting to a hypothetical person.
Hm, hopefully Discord takes awhile to enshittify. Sounds like the current solutions need time to polish up.
I did find out recently that the team behind the Element Matrix client made Element Call and integrated it into their apps recently, but I've never used it personally. Have you used it? How was it?
They definitely got the Discord aesthetic down. Unfortunately, it seems to be both self-hostable and unfederated, which means that the userbase is going to be split up between a bunch of small and quiet instances with no convenient way to interact with the larger ecosystem. Their FAQ suggests that while it's not in the roadmap currently, they're still open to the idea, so maybe we should let them know that this would be a desirable thing.
Oh? When did they change that?
And so the hell-loop continues. Matrix seems like the closest successor, but having used it for awhile I would describe the experience as janky-but-workable. Signal's good, but requires a phone number. I hear that Mumble's good, but it's overly focused on VoIP. Hopefully the alternatives polish themselves up before the enshittification gets too bad.
I use what's packaged in my distro's repositories, unless I need a specific version, or the software isn't packaged at all.
Ah, whoops. I block JS and didn't notice that. Here's an archive. I did a quick search and didn't see any articles that mention what kind of visas they have.
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I have such mixed feelings going into this one. The original Scrubs was great and the season 8 finale was an excellent send-off for this show. They're also bringing back a lot of the original talent for this, but reboots usually suck. I'll watch it, but I hope that they exceed my expectations.