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🦊 Firefox 158.0.1 is out with important security fixes - OMG! Ubuntu https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/firefox-fixes-emudhra-secuity-issue
This has profound implications for enshittification. Say a tech boss takes away a feature you value (as when Sonos pushed an update that removed nearly all the functionality from its "smart" speakers), or adds a feature you hate (like when Chamberlain blocked third-party apps from controlling its garage doors and so it could force its customers to view *seven ads* before they could open or close their garages).
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At that point, a programmer can write an "interoperable" program that restores the good feature or blocks the bad one.
This program can be costlessly and instantaneously distributed to every affected technology user, and those users will likely pay something for it. After all, enshittification is a way to shift value away from technology users to tech companies, which makes the case for you paying for disenshittification technology that wrestles that value back.
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Daryl Sun
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🏳️🌈 Happy International Pronouns Day! 🏳️🌈
Getting someone’s pronouns right is one of the simplest ways to show you see them. Happy International Pronouns Day to our whole community. 🌈
That's because the only digital computer we know how to build is the "Turing-complete, universal von Neumann machine," which is to say, a calculating engine capable of computing every valid program. In some deep, important, foundational sense, every computer is the same as every other computer. Sure, they vary in terms of speed, storage and RAM, but given enough time and electricity, every computer can run every program.
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This has profound implications for enshittification. Say a tech boss takes away a feature you value (as when Sonos pushed an update that removed nearly all the functionality from its "smart" speakers), or adds a feature you hate (like when Chamberlain blocked third-party apps from controlling its garage doors and so it could force its customers to view *seven ads* before they could open or close their garages).
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Airminded AI
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Halcyon does not exist #AIArt #midjourney
GoToSocial
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Hello, we heard everyone has been having a great time with security releases so we're doing one as well. Here's v0.22.3 of #GoToSocial aka Shrubbiest Sloth Ever:
https://codeberg.org/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/releases/tag/v0.22.3
Release highlights
- Bump required Go build version to v1.26.10 to mitigate CVE-2026-111943 by distrusting select intermediary authorities so server admins (and docker users) don't have to update ca-certificates themselves (see https://github.com/golang/go/issues/82348).
- Fix an issue in the dereferencer where remote accounts could masquerade as other remote accounts with sneaky URL shenanigans. Thanks to @elise for reporting this.
⚠️⚠️ We recommend everyone running GoToSocial update to this release at their earliest convenience. ⚠️⚠️
For everyone already on v0.22.x it's a simple update with no migrations or config changes. For everyone below v0.22.x, see the release notes for migration instructions.
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MediaWiki
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Ok, seriously, whose bright idea was it to write Wikipedia software and much of the ecosystem in PHP of all things?!?
Oh wait...
Juan D. Jara :yeah_waffy:
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exporting janones knowledge to the world wide web. mainly to leftist spaces.
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Dju@lemmy.world
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A university course is currently trying out Pixelfed
A few weeks ago, we started noticing a number of applications on pixelfed.ca, where the user would say that they needed to register for a course. I don’t have full confirmation, but I’m fairly certain that this is a legitimate wave of signups from students at a Canadian university.
I’m sharing this post for a few reasons:
- I thought it was neat
Personally, I’m excited that people are trying out Pixelfed and using it in coursework like this. If you are one of the students, now seeing this post, welcome! :) I hope that the project goes well, and that you have a pleasant experience on the platform. Feel free to share any and all feedback.
- Some of the posts may look like spam at first
You might be seeing similar looking posts from different accounts on your feed. My guess is that the course has specific requirements and example templates. However, there’s also plenty of real content (ex. artwork, photography, etc.), so I don’t think it’s going to be disruptive
- Please report anything that seems off
As always, you can report inappropriate content through the UI. For urgent issues, please email us at support@pixelfed.ca. You can also DM admin@lemmy.ca as there is overlap with our Pixelfed and Lemmy team members.
Google is closing down Android more and more, Netherlands move to Linux - Linux Weekly News
Enshittification is particularly galling because (in theory, at least), digital technology should be *really* hard to enshittify.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/21/brittle-individualism/#gnireenigne
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That's because the only digital computer we know how to build is the "Turing-complete, universal von Neumann machine," which is to say, a calculating engine capable of computing every valid program. In some deep, important, foundational sense, every computer is the same as every other computer. Sure, they vary in terms of speed, storage and RAM, but given enough time and electricity, every computer can run every program.
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Egos ruining Open Source projects, distros vs software conflicts - Linux Weekly News
Egos ruining Open Source projects, distros vs software conflicts - Linux Weekly News
FSF settles the Office Suite debacle, good news on age verification - Linux Weekly News
The average DMV workers is more diligent and attentive than any Judge in America.
I know someone is thinking of a TERRIBLE DMV story... and I just... take ANY bad DMV story and there's a judge thats 1000x worse.
Enshittification is particularly galling because (in theory, at least), digital technology should be *really* hard to enshittify.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/21/brittle-individualism/#gnireenigne
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@clew Useful? Yes. But still tired 😆
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HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world
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I’m sharing this post for a few reasons:
- I thought it was neat
How dare you.
