Zee Spencer (He/They) @Zee@social.coop

EU poised to break Apple's monopoly on browser engines allowed on iOS

You ever wonder why every Web-first app eventually caves and builds an iOS app (cough cough Mastodon cough)? It's because Apple abuses its power in order to keep the latest features out of web browsers on iOS and force users into their app store instead whey they can take their cut of sales.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/23/opinion_column/

Really excited about this Madrid based, open source, SVG alternative to Figma for #ux #design
https://penpot.app/why-beta.html
Consider boosting?

Great to see this on Hacker News!

And no, law firms are not co-ops.

List of Worker-Owned Tech Cooperatives Worldwide - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31456918

"Groups that operate under the guise of inclusion are serving the greater goal of crypto that keeps the whole thing afloat: finding ever more fools to buy in so that the early investors can take their profits."

"Predatory community"
https://blog.mollywhite.net/predatory-community/

a thing I think folks outside of government may not be aware of is that it's not a given that the federal government can develop technology services that can be provided, for fee or for free, to non-federal agencies (eg gov in states, tribes, territories, local).

why? good question! it's because the US loves private industry, and has written into its guidance that the US federal government should not offer services the private sector could.

links in next post -

Talked to a local reporter for an article about a month ago about #WorkerCoops in #Vermont, and I was not expecting the final product to be as in-depth as it turned out to be: https://mountaintimes.info/vermont-leads-in-worker-co-ops/

We know volunteering to help an open source project can feel overwhelming, even when you're interested. Well here's one for those with a web UX and layout skillset:

Owncast is going through a redesign and could use your help with opinions and feedback. We'd like a person or two to act as consultants in our chat to answer questions, you don't need to actively produce or _do_ anything. We need someone to ask: "Should this be blue? Is this ugly?" Could that be you?

DM or https://owncast.online/help/

Re-boosting your own posts for 'the morning crew' or 'the night crew' is an acceptable and encouraged practice here. We are largely a community of supportive people who enjoy being given the opportunity to help each other and boost content we may have previously missed.

You should never feel ashamed of promoting yourself, especially as an artist, when it's so difficult to reach people. If anyone doesn't want to see your boosts, they can just scroll past.

#WormsOfAffirmation 🐛

thinking of a search engine that heavily de-ranks sites that have annoying popups, ads, and heavy JavaScript

I kinda love it when a post has an equal number of faves and boosts. I like to imagine that everyone who saw it not only liked it but did so enough to want to share it, and those others did the same.

It's reduce, reuse, REPAIR, recycle. In this order.

#righttorepair is paramount.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics_right_to_repair