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Aral Balkan

Nah, don’t worry, it’ll be ok. They’ve been sponsored by Google for years. Even Facebook at one point.

It’s open source… it’s about the source being open. It’s open as in “open for business”.

The “F” in FOSDEM is silent.

It’ll be fine…

ar.al/2019/01/11/i-was-wrong-a

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM25 #JackDorsey #billionaires #trillionDollarCorporations #institutionalCorruption #openSource #openForBusiness #BigTech #PR #Google #Facebook mastodon.cloud/@mfeilner/11385

Aral Balkan · I was wrong about Google and Facebook: there’s nothing wrong with them (so say we all)It’s always difficult admitting you’re wrong. But sometimes, it’s exactly what you have to do in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. So, today, I admit that I was wrong about Google, Facebook, and surveillance capitalism in general being toxic for our human rights and democracy. You see, it simply cannot be true given how they are endorsed by some of the most well-respected groups and organisations in the world.
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@craignicol @aral

At least a Nazi Bar with bigtech sponsor suits strutting around there with greedy eyes and gravy around their mouth (where it usually foams).

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@craignicol @aral

Btw cool initiative here, if you didn't bump into it mastodon.social/@sylv_a/113866

I was also thinking about:

- Only fools stick around
- Staying? Joke is on you!
- Whose the fool?
- Fool me once, don't fool me twice.

etcetera.. 1,000's of crowdsourced jokes with packaged call for action might be shot into the ether. No legal action, hey it is just satire, right? 🤷

@martijn mentioned as another good date. Labor for transition and onboarding at .

MastodonS 🌱 L V I Λ (@sylv_a@mastodon.social)Attached: 3 images By popular demand, a single post to boost global switch day across multiple platforms on February 1st 2025.
 For those who can no longer get behind Musk or Meta's new policies and feel like switching (e.g. from #Whatsapp to #Signal, from #Instagram to #Pixelfed or from #X to #Mastodon) I made you some graphics to use freely in communicating with your contacts. Let’s lead by example 🙂
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craignicol

@smallcircles @aral @martijn play up the French for April Fools as well. It's fish day in French, so plenty of "don't get caught" "don't take the bait" or "hook, line and sinker" options

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