Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Virtual Reality and user freedom

2016-03-03 Thread Yui Hirasawa
It's another category of hardware if anything. I hope it won't be as proprietary and closed down as the smartphone market is currently. >>> >>> Hardware is not really the issue, in my opinion. The Oculus Rift, >>> for example, is a relatively simple device. A smartphone can be >>> ba

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Adding "App" to Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing

2016-03-03 Thread Kip Warner
On Thu, 2016-03-03 at 18:01 -0800, Aaron Wolf wrote: > Sure, my point is that I don't think the associations people have > with "App" are any worse than "Website" given that most websites > people actually use are crappy, filled with ads, tracking, > proprietary JavaScript… I don't think there's

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Adding "App" to Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing

2016-03-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/03/2016 05:59 PM, Kip Warner wrote: > On Thu, 2016-03-03 at 11:34 -0800, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> I appreciate the intention, but I find this proposal misguided. App >> is just short for Application, and F-droid "Apps" are fine other than >> broader issues about the Android ecosystem. Nobody has

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Adding "App" to Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing

2016-03-03 Thread Kip Warner
On Thu, 2016-03-03 at 11:34 -0800, Aaron Wolf wrote: > I appreciate the intention, but I find this proposal misguided. App > is just short for Application, and F-droid "Apps" are fine other than > broader issues about the Android ecosystem. Nobody has a trademark on > the term App, so it's *not* l

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Virtual Reality and user freedom

2016-03-03 Thread Nicolas Kozic
> On 03 Mar 2016, at 09:56, Fabio Pesari wrote: > > I think at some point there will be a global VR network, and since > companies like Facebook and Google already invested heavily in VR, they > will be the ones setting the rules. Hi, When I was 17 years longtime ago 1990 there was a French und

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Adding "App" to Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing

2016-03-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
I appreciate the intention, but I find this proposal misguided. App is just short for Application, and F-droid "Apps" are fine other than broader issues about the Android ecosystem. Nobody has a trademark on the term App, so it's *not* like "Kleenex". The problems with Apps in general are not about

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Adding "App" to Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing

2016-03-03 Thread Blaise Alleyne
On 03/03/16 01:22 PM, Kip Warner wrote: > Hey list, > > I've been reading this list for quite some time and enjoy seeing the > dialogue. I'd like to propose an addition to the "Words to Avoid (or > Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing" page here: > > https://www.gnu.org/philoso

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Virtual Reality and user freedom

2016-03-03 Thread Yui Hirasawa
On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 11:00:12AM +0100, Fabio Pesari wrote: > On 03/03/2016 10:25 AM, Yui Hirasawa wrote: > > It's another category of hardware if anything. I hope it won't be as > > proprietary and closed down as the smartphone market is currently. > > Hardware is not really the issue, in my opi

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Virtual Reality and user freedom

2016-03-03 Thread Fabio Pesari
On 03/03/2016 10:25 AM, Yui Hirasawa wrote: > It's another category of hardware if anything. I hope it won't be as > proprietary and closed down as the smartphone market is currently. Hardware is not really the issue, in my opinion. The Oculus Rift, for example, is a relatively simple device. A sm

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Virtual Reality and user freedom

2016-03-03 Thread Yui Hirasawa
> I think at some point there will be a global VR network, and since > companies like Facebook and Google already invested heavily in VR, > they will be the ones setting the rules. I don't think there will be a separate VR network, just VR headsets communicating over the regular Internet. > Virtu

[libreplanet-discuss] Virtual Reality and user freedom

2016-03-03 Thread Fabio Pesari
http://ur1.ca/olhtv This chilling image of Mark Zuckerberg made me think about the impact of Virtual Reality (VR) on user freedom. I think at some point there will be a global VR network, and since companies like Facebook and Google already invested heavily in VR, they will be the ones setting th