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@jgys For example, if you import a used Apple part (like a display) from China, this is considered counterfit the same way that you would import fake clothing to sell. Your goods will be seized and you can face criminal liability. But, that's just some of the things Louis covers, there's also a lot that he doesn't.

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@jgys He was one of the people at the forefront of right to repair, so yes it's one of his main issues with Apple, but far from the only or even most important one. He also dives deep into quality issues (which doesn't make Apple evil per sé), but he also delves into how Apple screws over their service centers, employees and users. Also in particular he focusses on how they abuse IP rights to avoid importing of used parts.

Steve Herman w7voa@journa.host

"We will not tolerate threats against DOGE workers or law-breaking by the disgruntled." - Ed Martin, US attorney for the District of Columbia

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@jgys Heh, I used to have a very good YouTube playlist for this that contained some great videos on the topic (Louis Rossman famously covers many of Apple's biggest problems), but no, I don't see it as sealioning, I think more people should ask about it and talk about it because the issues are huge and severe. I think I'll go ahead and make a web page dedicated to this rather than rely on YouTube for a playlist and pass it on!

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@jgys Oh yeah as I alluded to before, it works great for me and I know how to maintain services, but I'm not pushing it or recommending it to anyone for exactly the reasons you mention.

Molly White molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

an unelected billionaire storming into US agencies, installing his unqualified and unapproved lackeys, purging civil servants, seizing access to sensitive data and payments, unilaterally eliminating federal agencies: fine

identifying the lackeys: illegal

FearNonelnc @RayInsideOut. Here's a list of techies on the ground helping Musk gaining and using access to the US Treasury payment system. Akash Bobba Edward Coristine Luke Farritor Gautier Cole Killian Gavin Kliger Ethan Shaotran Elon Musk @elonmusk. You have committed a crime. Same reply by Musk, but showing the original post was removed as a violation of Twitter rules

Dr. Lucky Tran verified luckytran@med-mastodon.com

The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive.

Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!

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Andre Meister andre_meister@chaos.social

The German party AfD is suspected of being right-wing extremist and anti-constitutional. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has analyzed the party and generated a detailed report. We are publishing this document in full. https://netzpolitik.org/2025/verdachtsfall-rechtsextremismus-wir-veroeffentlichen-das-1-000-seitige-verfassungsschutz-gutachten-zur-afd/

Matthew Miller mattdm@hachyderm.io

To be crystal-clear: diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are core Fedora Project values.

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@valhalla @jgys @LALegault Well yeah I'm a technical person so that's solved for me, but the problem is with that last part in that it's really not yet a solution for everybody. And if 95%+ people are mass surveilled, then effectively everyone is.

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@jgys You're not alone, phone's are a privacy nightmare. I use a de-googlified Android phone (and sync to my own server using Nextcloud). For technical/convenience reasons, obviously not a good solution for everyone. But that doesn't change the fact that Apple is about the worst of the worst when it comes to abusing copyright/IP, collecting data on their users, using data against their users, etc.

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@LALegault Apple is an *extremely* toxic company that abuses their users in many different ways, and in these times it's just going to get a lot worse.

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@LALegault If you're using an iPhone, you already have much larger problems.

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@ubuntourist He should've called Hilary, she ran her own e-mail server and never had (technical) problems

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re: covid, fosdem
I doubt a mask would help much in such a small enclosed space, unless the wearer actually has a cough or sneezes?

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@tofticles Nice, I'll start writing little sex novellas everyone in my code then!

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This year I miss being at FOSDEM. There's so many discussions that I'd like to have with like minded people that are just so much easier in person. I hope everyone who made it out there has a great weekend!

John Leach johnl@mastodon.social

Investigating why a client's test suite isn't reporting that their docker container isn't starting. It is grepping for the string "healthy" and docker reports broken containers as "unhealthy".

Snopes snopes@infosec.exchange

Did Snopes really create an account here?

Fact Check: True

Source: https://www.snopes.com/faqs/#faqs_question-285676

Nina Willburger ninawillburger@social.anoxinon.de

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