F-Droid<p>This week in <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FDroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDroid</span></a> (TWIF) is live:</p><p>* <a href="https://floss.social/tags/kitshn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kitshn</span></a> for <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Tandoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tandoor</span></a> update mixup<br>* <a href="https://floss.social/tags/etchdroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etchdroid</span></a> 2.0 now w/ <a href="https://floss.social/tags/MaterialDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaterialDesign</span></a> <br>* <a href="https://floss.social/tags/KOReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KOReader</span></a> for more devices<br>* fight <a href="https://floss.social/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantum</span></a> with <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Tuta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tuta</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/postquantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postquantum</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> and <a href="https://floss.social/tags/calendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calendar</span></a><br>* 20 years of <a href="https://floss.social/tags/git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>git</span></a>, get <a href="https://floss.social/tags/forgejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forgejo</span></a> and <a href="https://floss.social/tags/gitnex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gitnex</span></a><br>* <a href="https://floss.social/tags/OrganicMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganicMaps</span></a> community open letter<br>* <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ToSDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToSDR</span></a> to the rescue<br>+ 8 new apps<br>+ 92 updates<br>& 4 archived</p><p>Git clone this post: <a href="https://f-droid.org/2025/04/17/twif.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/2025/04/17/twif.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a></p>
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Terms of Service, Didn't Read<p>We regret to have to inform you that we will be shutting down our public Matrix server.<br>Check out our forum post to find out what to do if you have an account, why we are shutting down and how the timeline on this will be.<br><a href="https://tosdr.community/t/matrix-tosdr-org-shutdown-notice/3337" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tosdr.community/t/matrix-tosdr</span><span class="invisible">-org-shutdown-notice/3337</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.indie.host/tags/matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matrix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.indie.host/tags/tosdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tosdr</span></a></p>
Terms of Service, Didn't Read<p># 23andMe just updated their terms of service<br> limiting the time in which users can take legal action and adding a class action waver. <br>*If you are a 23andMe user you have 30 days to opt-out.* This comes after millions of user data including DNA was leaked. </p><p><a href="https://www.23andme.com/legal/terms-of-service/full-version/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">23andme.com/legal/terms-of-ser</span><span class="invisible">vice/full-version/</span></a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://kbin.social/u/Privacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Privacy</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.indie.host/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.indie.host/tags/TOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.indie.host/tags/TOSWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOSWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.indie.host/tags/TOSDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOSDR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.indie.host/tags/23andMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>23andMe</span></a></p>
Harfeur<p>📄 A website that summarizes the terms and conditions with bullet points summarizing the content. ToS;DR by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.indie.host/@ToSDR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ToSDR</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://tosdr.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tosdr.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ToSDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToSDR</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/GeneralTerms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralTerms</span></a></p>
fbievanIF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD TOS;DR funding round is here<br>here's the full text of their announcement<br>if you want to donate: donate to their opencollective here: <a href="https://opencollective.com/tosdr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://opencollective.com/tosdr</a><br><br>"<br>ToS;DR Funding Round<br>We have avoided making this post for the longest time, however, we have reached a point where ToS;DR is at risk.<br> <br>What's happening?<br>Our server cost totals to around 9500$ a year. ToS;DR simply does not have the funds to finance this and thus our team members pay for the majority of it out of their own pocket.<br>This has been fine for a long time but as ToS;DR grows and expands (which is what we want and believe is best for our project) it is simply not working anymore.<br>We are fine with contributing to the majority of the sum, however, this is risque for the future and your support guarantees the safety of ToS;DR.<br> <br>Why are the servers so expensive?<br>ToS;DR gets roughly 75 million requests per month. We do not know this number exactly (as we do not track users), but this is calculated based on the bandwidth that goes out per month.<br>This costs a lot of money to maintain so it properly scales, is always online and we have backup servers in case one goes down.<br>Soon, our long awaited, most anticipated feature launches: Browser Extension 2.0. We are estimating in our first month alone this extension will cost us 440000 API Requests/Month or more.<br> <br>Why should I care?<br>ToS;DR is not just a service you see. It is not just an annotation tool. It is a tool giving users around the world more privacy and transparency where big corporations simply fail. <br>We have been running for more than 11 years (wow!) and want to continue on for a long time in the future. However, as it stands, ToS;DR cannot exist without your help.<br>This is not just like Wikipedia, where we'd be fine if no one donated for a year. This is more dire.<br> <br>What happens if no one donates?<br>We will try to keep ToS;DR alive but we have to cut back on many components. The first to go, for example, would be our Matrix Server that many people (maybe even you!) use. This would continue on and ToS;DRs quality, reliability and more would suffer.<br> <br>What changes are coming up?<br>ToS;DR will start doing quarterly donation-runs where we ask all visitors of the website and our social platforms to donate. We know this is annoying so we are working on making this process as un-intrusive as possible, but the step is still neccessary to fund our servers, development, licenses etc.<br> <br>Please help keep ToS;DR alive!<br>If everyone who saw this only donated 1$, our funding would be secured for years. With 2$, our future development would be funded as well.<br> <br> <br>Our OpenCollective link to Donate: <a href="https://opencollective.com/tosdr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://opencollective.com/tosdr</a><br>If you wish to contribute with other methods, please email either me ( <a href="http://erik.hering@tosdr.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">erik.hering@tosdr.org</a> ) <a href="http://justin.back@tosdr.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">justin.back@tosdr.org</a> thank you for reading this message"<br><br>if you want to donate: donate to their opencollective here: <a href="https://opencollective.com/tosdr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://opencollective.com/tosdr</a><br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://social.fbievan.live/tag/tosdr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tosdr</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.fbievan.live/tag/freesoftware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freesoftware</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.fbievan.live/tag/foss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.fbievan.live/tag/funding" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#funding</a>
Terms of Service, Didn't Read<p>🧵 1/7 <br><a href="https://mastodon.indie.host/tags/ToSDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToSDR</span></a> Funding Round<br>We have avoided making this post for the longest time, however, we have reached a point where ToS;DR is at risk.</p><p>## What's happening?<br>Our server cost totals to around **9500$ a year**. ToS;DR simply **does not** have the funds to finance this and thus our team members pay for the majority of it out of their own pocket.</p>
Dunbar's Number<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dice.camp/@cosmality" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cosmality</span></a></span> there's that quote, you either die young or you live long enough to see yourself become a villain and it's exactly that with tech companies. The more successful they are, the more shareholders they acquire and thus the more beholden to profits they become. You look at projects like <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TOSdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOSdr</span></a> and you can't help but feel a functioning government would enshrine that in law. Sadly the reality is the governments care little about looking after their citizens and ensuring their freedoms.</p>
fbievanwanted to really quickly post about ToS;DR, it's actaully free software, and they even say it here:<br><br><a href="https://www.tosdr.org/en/about" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tosdr.org/en/about</a><br><br>and it's a great extenstion, especially if your looking at bigger sites, to get a real quick look at the TOS. <br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://social.fbievan.live/tag/tosdr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tosdr</a>
aijooyoom<p>Why would anyone promote zoom?</p><p>Zoom:</p><ul><li>is non-free software</li><li>does not use open standards</li><li>is a big tech company</li><li>has a history with privacy scandals</li><li>has awful terms of service <a href="https://tosdr.org/en/service/2198" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tosdr.org/en/service/2198</a></li><li>can not be run on your own server</li><li>seems to cooperate with china to prosecute christians</li><li>and probably makes money on selling your data</li></ul><p>We have alternatives which are not perfect but useable such as:</p><ul><li>jitsi</li><li>big blue button</li><li>jami (does not require a server)</li><li>wahay (does not require a server)</li><li>mumble (can used in tails for more privacy)</li></ul><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://soapbox.chamba.social/tag/zoom" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoom</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soapbox.chamba.social/tag/privacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soapbox.chamba.social/tag/decentralization" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#decentralization</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soapbox.chamba.social/tag/tosdr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tosdr</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soapbox.chamba.social/tag/jitsi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jitsi</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soapbox.chamba.social/tag/bigbluebutton" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bigbluebutton</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soapbox.chamba.social/tag/jami" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jami</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soapbox.chamba.social/tag/wahay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wahay</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soapbox.chamba.social/tag/mumble" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mumble</a></p>
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