and Firefox still does not have proper PWA support

I recently had to learn about that, targeting PWA. :(

When I read “you can install an extension for it” I thought that would be simple enough. But that extension then requires an additional Firefox installation which causes it’s own share of problems. (Comparatively complicated setup process despite simple walkthrough wizard with installer integration, program shortcuts being added, Firefox onboarding being triggered in the PWA.)

If Firefox was a better funded and more competent alternative to Chrome we wouldn’t even have this whole Manifest v3 mess since Chrome would just lose all their users.

I don’t think that’s an issue of competency - which I understand as functionality/feature parity in this wording.

Chrome gained and became this popular likely entirely due to Marketing and big-corp ecosystem network effect through pushing it - through Google, Google Docs, and related Alphabet services.

I don’t think Firefox was every really inferior. I’ve always preferred the dev tools and a few other things over Chrome. There was merely a time where performance was worse, but that likely only mattered in benchmarks - and marketing.

I agree. The split and collective nature makes it hard to assess and fundamentally support though - which is what I was referring to in one point.

The EU passed laws that require companies (under conditions) to ensure base requirements in their supply chain.

I think a digital equivalent could be possible and similar. Requiring reasonable security and sustainability assessment.

It’s not very obvious or simple to enforce, but would set requirements, and open up opportunities for fines and prosecution.

When you draw a parallel to social charity both are largely volunteer based and underfunded. And both have direct and indirect gains for society.

Physical charity often serves basic needs. I’m not sure selecting qualifying quality open source projects is as easy. Need and gain assessments are a lot less clear.

If it’s about public funding distribution, I would like to see some FOSS funding too, but not at the cost of or equal or more than social projects.

How many FOSS projects actually benefit “millions and billions of people”? That kind of impact feels like it’s few and far between.

Valve is generously providing backing for two critical projects that will have a huge impact on our distribution: a build service infrastructure and a secure signing enclave.

What is Tails?

and Tails, a portable operating system that uses Tor

I’m using the website / native website interface. It’s at least possible there to edit the post and url. May be different for “Lemmy clients”.

It’s certainly something that looks better, but contrary to green washing, I see real, practical value.

I would rather be able to see and inspect source code than not. And I would rather have the right to take and fork a two year old version than not. Or be able to wait two years to fork the current version.

Those are real good value. Those bring certainty in infrastructure robustness and freedoms.

You posted the article link in the post content instead of linking it in the post. Was that deliberate?

You can still edit the post and set the link. (Then people can open it from the post title.)

The conversion is part of the license. It does not require the company to take any action.

The source is available with a restricted license, and e.g. two years later it relicenses itself to a FOSS license, automatically, as defined by the original license.

You are going to get lots of downvotes, and this comment will too.

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Was that tone really necessary? I would have liked your comment more without this part.

I’ve not seen those kinds of issues. Apart from some dedicated pseudo-/farm-projects.

But still, it has entirely lost its appeal or even viability to me.

I participated many years, until - I presume - it got too big. I was not able to find good projects, the contributions I made most of the time were not reviewed nor labeled hacktoberfest-accepted. An an extrinsic motivator, it became more frustrating than motivating.

If you’re fine with or want a two-pane Commander, Double Commander supports FTP.

I feel like a lot of alternative file explorers do!? Pretty sure I’ve seen it relatively often/regularly.

Double Commander is free and open source. I’ve been using it for a long time. I’m not sure which one I used before, but could very well have been FreeCommander.

I’ve liked the idea of it, but IIRC it launched with noticeable delay. Even if it’s only one or two seconds, I want to access my files fast.

Linux isn’t even a file explorer. Different distros serve different file explorers by default.

I’ve been using Double Commander for a long time. I can recommend.

I’ve looked for alternatives occasionally, because I’d prefer some things differently, preferably something I’d be able to source inspect or work on as well, but haven’t found anything better.

hard to compete against sunshine

I’m using Sunshine and Moonlight to stream my PC to my TV too