So if Reddit takes these actions, the site will suffer no matter what. We're just calling attention to that and communicating before it's too late. I for one have been spending much more time on open source decentralized not-for-profit social media like the choices listed on https://switching.software -- if I'm going to contribute for free, it might as well be to something that respects me instead of acting like... Source: 12 months ago

There are already a few projects like this (i like switching software), maybe it's better to consolidate the efforts? (or at least provide I link to them like osgameclones). Source: about 1 year ago

You can also gradually shift away from these companies' services without completely turning your life upside down. For example, you could switch from Google Maps or Bing Maps to OpenStreetMap without having to change other things in your life. There are many alternatives to major proprietary apps and services in switching.software that you could gradually experiment with. Source: over 1 year ago

Add it to the list? https://ethical.net/resources/ https://switching.software/ https://www.privacytools.io/ https://degooglisons-internet.org/en/alternatives https://opensourcesoftwaredirectory.com/ I think if alternativeto.net just adds a setting to only view FLOSS alternatives maybe this genre of websites would be threatened. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

Https://switching.software is a very basic kind of advice and a torch in the dark I can give you to look around. There is also https://prism-break.org that you should check out for guidance. Source: over 2 years ago

Open AI's work is based off of Google's research paper. Google believes in open source! https://opensource.google/ Google will save us. Google will make their AI open source. Their motto is "Don't be evil"! ... But I'm still waiting for their source code of YouTube, Gmail, drive, maps, docs, sheets, forms, search, ads, translate, sites, etc. Source: about 1 year ago

It's not on google github/their open source git host(for comparison, the canonical go repo is), their readme makes no mention of google, wikipedia says "The language is expected to have a 1.0 release in 2024 or 2025.[4]",. Source: over 1 year ago

Google would have to open source the controller firmware for people to find a way to make Bluetooth work, but there are no discontinued Google products on opensource.google at all. Source: over 1 year ago

Https://opensource.google/ is not listing any dead Google products my dude. Source: over 1 year ago

And side note, don't bring up both MS and Google when both are well known to make use of FOSS. Google has an entire page about how they both make use of and release OSS. Source: almost 2 years ago