For example, Github is the most popular place to store your project code and we all know, who owns it. And not to forget that sketchy AI training on every line of your code. Don't we have alternatives? Oh, yes we have. Gitlab, Codeberg, Notabug, etc. You can even host your own Gitea or Forgejo instance if you want.

Also, Crowdin is very popular in terms of software (and docs) translation. Even Privacy Guides and The New Oil use Crowdin, even though we have FLOSS Weblate, that you can easily self-host or use public instances.

So, my question is: if you are building a FLOSS / privacy related project, why using proprietary and privacy invasive tools?

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[–] iopq@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Codeberg seems cool, even though I saw it go down a little while ago. I still believe the internet wants to be free. There's no guarantee GitHub won't eventually start charging for more things.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I like codeberg, but they also removed a torrent project I was working on because it didn't comply with german law. Kind of unavoidable when you use any centralized service, especially in a country that's severely anti-piracy.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

That's worrying, I guess federation is the way to go

[–] estebanlm@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Oh, I agree with that (I use a selfhost solution -gitea- myself). I was just pointing to what I think is the current situation and why is like that :)