what os are you going to use on your smartphone if you remove software from google and apple?

aosp, fdroid, no gservices

what VR headset

not into vr so can’t say

what telecom

sadly, not a good one. i wish i had a choice, but this isn’t software

are you only shopping in local food markets?

sort of? i get fresh stuff from actual markets when i can and when i go for groceries i avoid ultra processed stuff from big multinationals, making sure of the provenance and the maker of the stuff i get, supermarkets also sell stuff from local producers

lemmy creators are bigots

eh, im still leeching off some other person hosting, im not going to host lemmy and im slowly making my own thing

also can you provide examples? i heard it multiple times, I’m not contesting it, just kinda want to see myself, like with vaxry, and not only trust second hand accusations

i don’t want to be a cop and background check

no absolutely fine i don’t check all my software too, but when i hear a callout i dont hide behind “art and artist” mentality and move off the bigot’s stuff

preference is s weak motivation honestly. i prefer google maps yet i still don’t want google and make do with OSM

I’m simply interested in having control over my PC

but you don’t, you still depend on vaxry. can you maintain, update, fix and recompile hyprland yourself? if so, fork it and start boycotting vaxry. if not, what control are you talking about? it’s just preference

this whole argument to me sounds like “i prefer a WM with smooth animations and an active discord so im going to overlook the problematic maintainer im going to give clout to and start depending on”

i’m not on wayland so i can’t try any of these, but there are lists you can browse from (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wayland#Compositors for example)

you are setting quite restrictive and arbitrary limits

well supported

what do you mean?

with smooth animations

what counts as “smooth animations”?

if your message boils down to “something which looks really good to me and that has a discord i can go into and ask for help”, you may have set the requirements tight enough to only include hyprland, but that’s not a valid excuse in my opinion to avoid boycotting problematic developers

your argument is a bit extreme, it doesn’t need to only be software from nice folks, it just needs to not be software made by not nice folks

apart from sqlite, i think everything is replaceable with a bit of compromise

what things made by not nice folks are you locked into?

lemmy is not a great comparison, there’s like 3 alternatives, there are tens if not more hyprland alternatives.

i don’t think software is just software, why would this tech be exempt? pilot-less aircrafts is just tech, just like software, but we do remember that drones bomb people. supporting problematic developers is not “as bad” as building killing machines, but it’s the same principle: looking the other way when it’s convenient. we should aim to ostracize and isolate problematic devs, and it starts by not using their software, because doing so gives them clout and relevance