Rikj000

Full stack developer and privacy advocate. I like to keep the mentality, if you can program one language well, then you can program in any language!

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  • No, I mean their email server + protocol.
    The thing you’d use to self-host a proton mail email server.

    What you linked is the source to the client,
    which interacts with the proprietary server code to fetch your mail from them.

    If you can’t self-host / switch to a different server if they enshittify due to being closed source, then it’s not “open source” nor “portable”










  • I get the sentiment,
    however when the user base of a FOSS alternative grows beyond the closed source alternative, a switch can happen.

    So it would be a good thing to have a FOSS alternative out there, which can accumulate a user base over time.

    Without any alternatives being developed,
    a switch can never happen.








  • Rikj000toPrivacy@lemmy.mlWhy is there only one invidious instance left?
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    5 months ago

    YouTube has been cracking down on alternative frontends.

    Vanilla Invidious currently doesn’t work well,
    so most hosters paused and/or gave up.

    Fijxu runs a fork of Invidious,
    with their own modifications implemented to circumvent the blocks,
    here’s the source code if you’re interested:
    https://git.nadeko.net/Fijxu/invidious

    I’ve got big respect for Fijxu,
    he’s been doing a very good job of keeping Invidious alive + fighting against the YouTube crackdown lately, basically all on his own.

    If you can please consider:

    All the above can help Fijxu,
    since currently he’s mostly fighting a big tech giant all on his own.