* Adonay Felipe Nogueira via gnu-linux-libre <[email protected]> [2021-04-14 17:22]: > Em 14/04/2021 11:02, Adonay Felipe Nogueira via gnu-linux-libre escreveu: > > * Alternatively, they can be in favor of federated decentralized > > technologies, in which case there is at least two servers between clients > > and, by the nature of free/libre software, this would also allow the users > > themselves to host their servers. > > I forgot to point out that the federated approach requires that > accounts in different instances can interact without having to make > another account.
Yes. When communication network insists that only members of the network shall communicate between each other, at that point it becomes private network, centralized, there is emotional threat to stay in that network or to lose contacts to family and friends. With phone communication, we do not have that emotional threats, we can write down phone numbers and access our family and friends from any network. It is decentralized, despite the fact that large companies are providing us with support. But if we don't like one company, we can switch to other within minutes in example of purchasing a new SIM card, or within days. Some countries have had or still have centralized country based phone network, but even them can communicate with other countries and other phone networks. When using Whatsapp, one can communicate with Whatsapp users only if one uses Whatsapp. Either use it, or you lose it. That is the message Whatsapp, Facebook, Telegram are sending to its users. It is constant emotional threat. Users are used, and owners of network do not care of the freedom. Another example is https://Gab.com network, so far I know, it is based on Mastodon, it is part of Fediverse and people can communicate to them and they resist the free speech suppression. Maybe there are whatever negative groups inside, but that is free speech. Nobody complains on negative social groups inside of Tor network or Retroshare, then why should we complain for more public Gab network. Their management goes into different direction, they do not value centralization, rather decentralization, they do have a business model that works, without a vendor lock in and emotional threats to the useds. Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/ https://rms-support-letter.github.io/
