i was thinking that we need a term for proprietary/centralized software
"prisonware" came to mind, and was reinforced when i saw a post describing google as a prison ๐๏ธ
most people don't know what proprietary, or centralized mean in terms of software, much less that they are bad ๐คทโโ๏ธ
prisonware has an immediate negative connotation, and provides a nice umbrella term for anything on the anti-freedom tech spectrum
some examples: ๐ฌ
"Obsidian is prisonware, despite some nice features the code is not public, it's controlled entirely by your jailors"
"Signal might be a FOSS app, but it's still prisonware, you're chained up to their server if you use it"
"The majority of FUTO's apps are prisonware, their "source-first" licensing is just a way for you to remand your rights at the gate"
"Don't download that, it's prisonware, it collects tons of your data"
or even "Hey, that app is prisonware, you should try _ instead"
i'm open to other terms, but we should have something
#FOSS #FLOSS #FreedomTech #FreeSoftware #Privacy #Decentralisation #Decentralization #Prisonware
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and yes, i'm gonna try to get back to posting more ๐บ
my term for today if it is non-existent yet is Privacy-washing,
i think it speaks for itself but yup basically it is when you are selling what you are doing as if you were dying for privacy while your data is already sold and breached before you even bought anything from the company lol
'we swear to our whole family, god and the life of every little pet puppies that we respect your data trust me its safe on our 'encrypted' cloud servers and it only cost you the souls of your family tree for the next 100 generations (by reading this you already accepted the terms and conditions included selling your body to cannibals abroad)'
i like that! perfect for all the corpo apps
Absolutely!!
I like the term ๐
Don't use prisonware
Re: "i saw a post describing google as a prison"
I have this t-shirt ;P


Gotta have it
Subtweeted @GrapheneOS to post it on x too :)
https://xcancel.com/themerit0crat/status/2036149714496667889


Prisonware is cool. I've also thought of slaveware, chainware, shitware.
Prisonware, I love it
Wait I actually hate it. But I love the term ๐๐
I will use this
Goolag would make any authoritarian government, left or right, blush and be obsessed with attaining that power.