{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"librekitty wrote","author_name":"librekitty (npub1wp…qhpv0)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub1wp2lcskf5cu2k44dq4cpdgk7lt8f0d0wecc68fayvun6mprcn8js8qhpv0","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"i was thinking that we need a term for proprietary/centralized software\n\"prisonware\" came to mind, and was reinforced when i saw a post describing google as a prison 🗝️\n\nmost people don't know what proprietary, or centralized mean in terms of software, much less that they are bad 🤷‍♀️\nprisonware has an immediate negative connotation, and provides a nice umbrella term for anything on the anti-freedom tech spectrum\n\nsome examples: 💬\n\"Obsidian is prisonware, despite some nice features the code is not public, it's controlled entirely by your jailors\"\n\"Signal might be a FOSS app, but it's still prisonware, you're chained up to their server if you use it\"\n\"The majority of FUTO's apps are prisonware, their \"source-first\" licensing is just a way for you to remand your rights at the gate\"\n\"Don't download that, it's prisonware, it collects tons of your data\"\nor even \"Hey, that app is prisonware, you should try _ instead\"\n\ni'm open to other terms, but we should have something\n\n#FOSS #FLOSS #FreedomTech #FreeSoftware #Privacy #Decentralisation #Decentralization #Prisonware"}