VegaLyrae

Open source does not mean open license.

Yes, typically with two entirely separate disks, not just partitions on the same physical disk.

If you cannot trust yourself, then do not provide yourself temptation

It is 5 minutes of work to use your source control tool, and have a read only view for other people.

Being open source doesn’t mean you have to accept PRs or pay for audits. It just means your source is… Open…

There’s nothing disingenuous about that? Did we read the same things?

Being closed source doesn’t fix any of the issues they noted.

I’d rather they just say “I’m ashamed of my code”.

I just commented this elsewhere, but I personally feel that their reasons for being closed source are worse than actually just being closed source.

https://obsidian.rocks/why-isnt-obsidian-open-source/

I wasn’t worried about it being proprietary until I saw the founder reasoning for not having the source be open under a nonpermissive licence.

https://obsidian.rocks/why-isnt-obsidian-open-source/

I decided to go with logseq because of it.

It also syncs with all my devices using my own servers, instead of needing to trust obsidian/logseq.

I make the private option easier than the locked in version.

Homeassistant will let us see our locations, run lights, run media centers, control AC, etc. So why do you need Google Home or Google Maps Location Sharing?

Signal will let us chat over WIFI unlike texts, and I will answer it unlike a Google chat account. Before the SMS death it was easier since it did SMS and signal in one app, easier to convince someone if it can replace the old one and add new features.

I configure two SSIDs, one for things I trust and one for those I don’t. I can run firewall rules and add security on the backend where they can’t see it.

Tiktok you can run a campaign against it by saying it damages cognition, is harmful to youth, supports the CCP.

You can run a pi hole style filter list,ehich might break some stuff so you have to be willing to play tech support.

I don’t know anything about kids but it couldn’t hurt to teach them some simple skills like html so they get a taste for what’s happening behind the scenes.