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this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2025
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Nobody should ever use the internet without uBlock Origin.
But also, I'd like we should be able to use internet without having to use uBlock Origin...
Agreed.
Advertising should be illegal.
Friends donβt let friends surf unprotected.
Its super scary that there are many people not using it.
Yeah, whenever I hear people complaining about ads, I'm like "You guys are seeing ads?!"
I could understand if you needed to be some 1337 hacker to block ads, but uBlock is one of the easiest extensions I've ever used. You just set it and forget it. There's zero configuration you need to do.
Of course, if there's some ad that slips past, then you need to do some hacking, but that almost never happens nowadays.
I know the answer. People is lazy unless they have interest in it. Everybody wants happiness biologically but nobody makes a move to have it. People hate Windows, tries to remove Edge, make performance settings, use 3rd party awful things to improve Windows, but nobody gives any other OS a try. Same thing for the browsers, extensions like that etc. People think its matrix-ish and something weirdo. Who would use Matrix instead of Discord? Who would use any FF fork instead of Opera GX or Chrome? Who would use Lemmy and any ActivityPub media instead of Meta products or Reddit etc. We are full of prejudice, and dont want to move out from the comfort zone. We dont want to make a important choice for our privacy-safety unless it become viral in TikTok.
It's a cultural problem.
Most people won't install adblockers unless they're around others to tell/show them how.
I am so stoked and appreciative to see so many great projects underway in the EU. Bad for the US right now but good in the long run.
It's good for the US, too.
Americans don't have to live under the bootheels of corporations.
An open source package that would replace adobe would be a game changer.
Krita ?
Which Adobe?
The building style?
Someoneβs been living in a cave.
That can replace adobe, well done!
I would sacrifice my first unborn kid for this.
I would also sacrifice your first unborn kid for this.
Truly the spirit of FOSS
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EU and its contries are pro open source and I fucking love it.
Yeah I'm going to find a European and suck his dick right now!
.....and.....and I am going to find a European girl and suck her nipples for as long as she wants.
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Haven't they also been trying to put back doors into everything for the last decade?
EU is democratic, which also means everyone can propose a law. Never have EU put a backdoor into anything, but its true that there have been law proposals for it.
Never voted through.
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Iβm surprised FF got in with that bunch. Most of them are truly uncompromising OSS projects. Like WINE for example.
FF skirts A LOT of corporate influenceβ¦
Firefox offers a real alternative to chrome derivatives. I think itβs what we need to go for too.
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based!
Do they also fund these projects?
They are not only no funding but largely not using it in practice and letting most public institution spent billions in Microsoft Office 365 contract
Probably a lot like the actual users of (F)OSS: Not really :p
DuckDuckGo as a web browser?
On android at least, yes there is a duck duck go browser.
To be clear. This is a government agency endorsing the software as safe and effective. So bureaucrats and employees can't be reprimanded they use them.
This isn't the French Prime Minister announcing the country will cancel Microsoft Office subscriptions and build a fund to support FOSS projects. Gimp has nowhere near the ressources they actually need.
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The SILL About page translated explains the list :
https://code.gouv.fr/sill/readme
Why this catalog?
The socle interministΓ©riel de logiciels libres (SILL) is the reference catalog of open-source software recommended by the French government for use throughout the administration.
This catalog helps administrations find their way around the open-source software they are encouraged to use, in line with Article 16 of the French Law for a Digital Republic
Great choices. I use all of them.
The full list: https://code.gouv.fr/sill/list
Hold on. That page does not list VLC or KeePass. Is there more info about this other than the list? Or is the info in the title of this post incorrect?
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I see now. The page does not list VLC or KeePass, but those two both do come up if you put them into the search box. The software listed on the page is a very long list, but it is apparently on the 'most popular' stuff - not the entire list. (Although it is strange to see a heap of niche stuff, and stuff I've never heard of on the 'most popular' list while VLC doesn't make the cut.)
I'm not sure this list is a very strong endorsement by the French Government. It seems to just be listing free software options, and then asking other people to sign up to say which ones they use.
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