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@jesse_m @Readlebee @inventaire
Yup, they avoid mentioning Amazon in the Goodreads branding.
Amazon owns many popular book and non-book companies:
Abebooks
Audible
Book Depository
BookFinder.com
Comixology
Goodreads
IMDB
LibraryThing (40%)
Ring
Twitch
Whole Foods Market
and many, many others :blobsad:
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@jesse_m @Readlebee @inventaire
Yup, they avoid mentioning Amazon in the branding.
Amazon owns many popular book and non-book companies:
Abebooks
Audible
Book Depository
BookFinder.com
Comixology
Goodreads
IMDB
LibraryThing (40%)
Ring
Twitch
Whole Foods Market
and many, many others :blobsad:
switching.social
p.s. I know this post is repeating stuff from the past few days, but alternatives to Goodreads are one of the most frequent requests I get, so I wanted to make sure everyone knows about this project 👍
switching.social
In case you missed it...
If you're looking for a free open alternative to Amazon's Goodreads, there's a project just started called #Readlebee. You can follow them at:
You can help out with feature suggestions and code at:
https://gitlab.com/Alamantus/Readlebee
https://gitter.im/Readlebee
Readlebee uses a wikidata-based book database maintained by @inventaire which you can contribute to:
https://floss.social/@Readlebee/102793000211075677
Readlebee
For anyone looking at this post's thread, here is the new, separate #Readlebee account!
I'll post stuff about Readlebee and its progress here from now on. :)
switching.social
I would go for a separate account now, because it can get messy when you try to separate them later.
(It's also useful if there's future collaboration with others on same project.)
switching.social
If you're interested in privacy online, there's an excellent website called DarkPatterns.org which explores the dirty tricks some sites use:
("Dark patterns" are tricks used to fool you into doing things you don't really want to.)
PINE64
Wow, we did not expect the level of interest you all have had in the #PineTime!
More info:
- Cost will be approximately 25USD
- Charging dock included in price
- Built-in heartbeat monitor
- Case built of Zinc alloy and plastic
- Battery life measured in days
- Sorry, can't run Linux itself. SoC is nRF52832, which uses a Cortex-M4 core. That's why we need FreeRTOS :)
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@Alamantus @stragu @inventaire
So cool to see alternatives working together :blobcheer:
Rob
What kind of app are you using to see and be notified about new podcasts? Do you use the RSS Feed? @switchingsocial
switching.social
I think they're using wikidata?
@inventaire uses it as well (and contributes to it).
switching.social
The site's not perfect about privacy, but (IMHO) the information on it is valuable enough to share the link.
switching.social
Brilliant! :blobaww:
Oh THAT Robbie!
It's very early days, and I have a lot of design work to do, but #Readlebee is on its way to becoming a reality!
If you'd like to #contribute to making this #Goodreads alternative as good as possible, check out the project on GitLab. Ideas and designs will help just as much as code:
https://gitlab.com/Alamantus/Readlebee
If you have questions or want to discuss the project or contribute, check out the Gitter link, which lets you log in with a GitHub, GitLab, or Twitter account:
📖🐝 #openSource
switching.social
Hey there! 🎄 🎅 🤶
This thread from a couple of weeks ago might help:
switching.social
Hey there! 🎄 🎅 🤶
This thread from a couple of weeks ago might help:
switching.social
If you're interested in privacy online, there's an excellent website called DarkPatterns.org which explores the dirty tricks some sites use:
("Dark patterns" are tricks used to fool you into doing things you don't really want to.)
PINE64
This is the PineTime. A companion for your Linux smartphone, and new side-project of ours. More news coming in the future...
(If you have experience with FreeRTOS or mbed, and are interested, please get in touch!)
switching.social
Framaforms is an instance of Webform:
switching.social
If you're wanting general forms there's @LimeSurvey and WebForm:
https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-google-forms/
Easy-to-use privacy-conscious apps and sites for non-technical people: https://switching.social #Privacy #Alternatives #DeleteFacebook
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