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killed-by-microsoft
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Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)
> P.S. Do we make "jokes" about Microsoft killing things off like we do with Google?
Well someone went ahead and made https://killedbymicrosoft.info/
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Microsoft Announces the End of Windows Mixed Reality
There is https://killedbymicrosoft.info/, though it seems to be missing a lot of older examples like MSN Explorer. They also don't seem to include product renames like the Google one does.
- Killed by Microsoft
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Stability of the Neovim ecosystem
You might want to check https://killedbymicrosoft.info/
- Microsoft explored buying Sega, Bungie, Niantic, and IO Interactive, wanted to "spend Sony out of business" | Zynga and Supergiant Games were also targets
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Google Domains shutting down, assets sold to Squarespace
Without a source mentioned, I assume you refer to this[1]?
A comparison shows most products that should be dead are on that list.
G, on the other hand, has products actively used and loved by users.
[1] https://killedbymicrosoft.info/
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Microsoft aiming to challenge Apple Silicon with custom ARM chips
Inb4 new entry in killedbymicrosoft.info. /s
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BREAKING: Microsoft’s $69 Billion Activision Deal Blocked by UK Watchdog
Saved by Microsoft, like Nokia, Skype, Rare etc.pp.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Received $226M Compensation While Firing Thousands
> They have a tendency to simply discard products left and right.
I guess this site could be of interest to some, to have a look at some of the products: https://killedby.tech/
Google has a separate site here as well: https://killedbygoogle.com/
Microsoft also has a site like that: https://killedbymicrosoft.info/
I tried looking up one for Amazon or AWS projects, but only unrelated news articles came up.
I don't really have a horse in the race, though, since all three of the big platforms (and others like Oracle Cloud) are outside of my price point and all my personal projects run on smaller simple VPS providers. From what I can tell, there is not a single large corporation out there with the commitment to never kill a product of theirs and support everything in perpetuity.
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Google wants you to uninstall Meet so you can use Meet
Someone made https://killedbymicrosoft.info/
amfora
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The Right to Lie and Google’s “Web Environment Integrity”
Gemini is a joke. The main proponents like Drew Devault chuck a tantrum when browsers allow users to optionally show favicons https://github.com/makew0rld/amfora/issues/199
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The Gemini protocol as seen by curl maintainer
https://github.com/makew0rld/amfora/issues/199
- Text Only News Websites
- Gemini over tor?
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ruleminder
You'll need a different web browser since Firefox and Chrome based Browsers all only support HTTP/HTTPS afaik. I suggest using deedum if you're on Android, if you're on windows I suggest installing this browser, it's a more or less simple graphical Browser written in C# so it should work. Just download the release zip and extract, you can probably go from there., if you're on Linux, I suggest Amfora it's a text based browser but it has served me well.
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amfora VS astro - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 16 Sep 2022
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Kyoto framework is moving to sr.ht from GitHub
And that's the caveat with SourceHut and the current discussion around it. While I respect Drew and his work, he isn't exactly the most approachable person in OSS.
If you and several other people happen to have a hard requirement for a specific feature that he (or his buddy Simon) don't see fit for, you won't get that feature, even if you volunteer to implement and maintain it. The only thing you're left with is basically to fork SourceHut, host it yourself and maintain your feature all by yourself, dealing with continuously patching a very much still-in-development (and therefore ever changing) software. That is something you're probably not going to do, especially considering SourceHut's architecture and way of doing things.
SourceHut isn't exactly extensible/pluggable and hosting it as a one man show or even a small company becomes a huge PITA, as soon as you diverge from the holy grail that is Drew's way of doing things (Alpine, no containers, no good config management, no easy way to scale things, and the dedication to invest your blood and tears into maintaining this thing).
Hence I really cannot comprehend the current trend that is "let's all dump GitHub for this, and that, and SourceHut". So far, SourceHut really hasn't made an effort to prove itself worthy of the influx of OSS projects. And while I do see Drew commenting here, reassuring folks he won't ban anyone over any internet disagreement, reading the public mailing lists of the SourceHut repos doesn't really show much of a welcoming behavior either. I mean, he's the person behind what has become one of the most popular Gemini servers, and as soon as that was the case, he began threatening client apps to arbitrary block them for doing things that don't align with his values (in this case, [showing a favicon](https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/amfora/issues/19...)). And the cabal of elite internet Amish, that have been on SourceHut since its early days and that makes a large portion of the platform, aren't that different either.
I do agree with GitHub being the wrong place for OSS projects, but I don't agree with SourceHut being the right one. At least for as long as it doesn't become obvious that its founder and the community around him has changed and started to genuinely appreciate people for the work they're doing, regardless of their own ideological beliefs.
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Bleh
I use Sway and I pay to host my code on SourceHut. I admire Drew and I think he is making invaluable contributions to FOSS.
That said, he has a history of... rash? impulsive? reactions to situations that might have been resolved with less bad blood if he had stepped away from the keyboard until he was less upset. The classic example is when he got upset about people wanting to unofficially add favicons to the Gemini protocol, and he threatened to blackhole any IP address which requests a favicon. https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/amfora/issues/19...
I do not know if there is some specific recent event triggering vitriol, but the way this post is written, it sounds like Drew thinks it is resulting from less recent actions like the favicon threat.
In Drew's defense, he has made (limited) apologies and I do believe he is trying to do better. https://drewdevault.com/2021/04/26/Cryptocurrency-is-a-disas... has a note at the bottom, saying:
> I realize that my blog has been a source of a lot of negativity in the past, and I regret how harsh I've been with some of the projects I've criticised. I will make my arguments by example going forward: if I think we can do better, I'll do it better, instead of criticising those who are just earnestly trying their best.
But it is also true that many people will not be quick to forgive him, and some people never will. It will take him time to undo the negative image he has created with some people, but after seeing Linus Torvald's positive changes, I am optimistic that Drew can change for the better if he wants to, and help create a welcoming community for everyone. If he doesn't give up first.
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[NetBSD]
amfora gemini client
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got Linux running on a dell inspiron 8100 antix is the only distro that would show a display and that supported 32bit systems
Should be able to run a basic gemini client just fine, maybe even amfora?
What are some alternatives?
Killed by Google - Part guillotine, part graveyard for Google's doomed apps, services, and hardware.
awesome-gemini - A collection of awesome things regarding the gemini protocol ecosystem.
ccls - C/C++/ObjC language server supporting cross references, hierarchies, completion and semantic highlighting
hydepark - Forum application for Gemini space
kyoto - Golang SSR-first Frontend Library
Go IPFS - IPFS implementation in Go [Moved to: https://github.com/ipfs/kubo]
Windows10Debloater - Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware.
lagrange - A Beautiful Gemini Client
forgefed - ForgeFed - Federation Protocol for Forge Services
miniflare - 🔥 Fully-local simulator for Cloudflare Workers. For the latest version, see https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/miniflare.
redux-undo - :recycle: higher order reducer to add undo/redo functionality to redux state containers
cli - GitHub’s official command line tool