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-title: Free Software guide
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-
-Here is some guides I write (and collect) to help people who aren't tech
-savvy learn how to use free software, as many may find free software
-unintuitive.  This includes:
-
-- apps recommendation
-- how-tos
-- software/service reviews
-
-These posts are intended to be written in collaboration, since I have only so
-much experience.  Please send your software reviews and guides to me via this
-email:
-
-[huyngo+freeguide@disroot.org](mailto:huyngo+freeguide@disroot.org)
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-title: "Decentralized and privacy-friendly social networks"
-date: 2021-06-17T09:50:39+07:00
-layout: wiki
-wiki: freeguide
-categories: [ "social network" ]
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-
-# Federation
-
-So, of all kinds of software, why did I chose to start with social networks?
-Because social networks has the strongest network effect, with instant
-messaging being second[^0].  Using a non-free social network service is taking
-part in forcing your friends and families to use it.
-
-This could be said for any social network services, except for decentralized
-ones, or federated ones, usually dubbed *fediverse*.  The idea is similar to
-that of emails:  people can use different services, yet can talk with each
-other seamlessly via open protocols.  You can use GMail or HotMail, but if I
-disagree with Google and Microsoft terms of service I would still be able to
-send emails to you from my Disroot mail account[^1].  Another example is mobile
-network service---no matter which one you choose, I'm still able to call you or
-send you SMS messages. This is not the case for mainstream social networks.
-Even if I disagree (an understatement) with Facebook's terms of service and
-privacy policy, I still have to have a Facebook account in order to talk to you
-or interact with your posts.
-
-So, in short, these *federated social networks* can not only talk to each
-other, using the same open protocols (the ways by which servers talk with each
-other).  Below are some federation protocols:
-
-# ActivityPub
-
-ActivityPub is, as of the time writing, arguably the most popular federation
-protocol.  Related posts:
-
-- [List of applications][ap-apps]
-- [List of instances][ap-inst]
-
-[ap-apps]: /free-guide/activitypub-apps/
-[ap-inst]: /free-guide/activitypub-instances/
-
-# Diaspora
-
-*This section is empty because I have no experience with it.  Please [expand].*
-
-# pump.io
-
-*This section is empty because I have no experience with it.  Please [expand].*
-
-# Zot
-
-*This section is empty because I have no experience with it.  Please [expand].*
-
-
-[^0]: No source, just common sense.  Feel free to correct me if you have source
-  proving otherwise.  
-  Social networks require a lot of (active) people there to be interesting.
-  Messaging apps just requires there to be someone else there.
-[^1]: Microsoft [blocked](https://disroot.org/en/blog/microsoft_hostility)
-  Disroot emails and I wouldn't be able to do this.  However, the block was
-  removed after hundreds of requests.  Such blocks can happen on federated
-  social networks as well, and it will be discussed in a later post on choosing
-  your instance.
-[^2]: Next to PeerTube.  Again, just my speculation.  I mainly use Mastodon so
-  I might be biased.  I'm waiting for Cunningham's law to take effect.
-
-[expand]: mailto:huyngo+freeguide@disroot.org
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-title: "Why you should use free software?"
-date: 2021-06-24
-layout: wiki
-wiki: freeguide
-tags: [compilation, "free software", "proprietary", reason]
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-
-Free software is about freedom, not price[^1].  *Freedom* here refers to:
-
-0. The freedom to **run** the program as you wish, for any purpose
-   (**freedom 0**).
-1. The freedom to **study** how the program works, and **change** it so it
-   does your computing as you wish (**freedom 1**). Access to the source code
-   is a precondition for this.
-2. The freedom to **redistribute** copies so you can help others
-   (**freedom 2**).
-3. The freedom to **distribute copies of your modified versions** to others
-   (**freedom 3**). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to
-   benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for
-   this.
-
-At first glance, you would think that most users would only benefit from
-**freedom 0** and **freedom 2**.  While it is true that most would not
-exercise freedom 1 and freedom 3, they do indirectly benefits users.  Because
-the original programmers allows derivative programs to be distributed, they
-cannot implement malicious anti-features, such as spying or fraud without being
-spotted.  Being free software is thus the prerequisite for being
-user-respecting software.
-
-There are of course competing reasons for choosing software, such as
-user-friendliness/ease-of-use.  While these requirements are rather subjective,
-I do agree that some free software programs have less fancy UI (like ) and
-sometimes not easy to use (like GIMP).  It is up to you to decide the balance
-between criteria, but there is certainly strong reasons to prefer free
-software, *ceteris paribus*[^2]
-
-The content below consists of lists of bad examples of proprietary software, as
-well as some example of free software turning bad[^3] which resulted in forks.
-
-(It's empty right now, see GNU list below or contribute)
-
------
-
-Other lists:
-
-- [GNU's list of malicious functionalities with references][gnu-list]
-
-[gnu-list]: https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary.html
-
-[^1]: <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>
-  The word "free" was used despite its ambiguity for lack of better word.
-[^2]: All else being equal, but in fancy Latin.
-[^3]: Subjective, I know.