Notices by switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at), page 47

@rugk @sirchamallow @wallabag

I tried to ask about this before posting, as that github page did seem to indicate it was open source.

But as they didn't release the server code, that's quite a large problem?

The save-an-article service Pocket is useful, but it's also proprietary and tracks you.

There's a privacy-friendly free open alternative called #Wallabag you can use instead.

They have an official instance where you can sign up, suitable for non-technical users:

https://www.wallabag.it/en

There's also a project website which tells tech users how to self-host their own instance:

https://www.wallabag.org/en

You can follow Wallabag on here at:

@wallabag

#Pocket #Alternatives

@Sturmflut @wallabag

Wish we knew why Mozilla never open sourced it, they've had two years to do so :blobthinking:

@sirchamallow @wallabag

I hope so, but Mozilla bought it over two years ago and still haven't open sourced it :(

It is very strange behaviour indeed.

The save-an-article service Pocket is useful, but it's also proprietary and tracks you.

There's a privacy-friendly free open alternative called #Wallabag you can use instead.

They have an official instance where you can sign up, suitable for non-technical users:

https://www.wallabag.it/en

There's also a project website which tells tech users how to self-host their own instance:

https://www.wallabag.org/en

You can follow Wallabag on here at:

@wallabag

#Pocket #Alternatives

@wallabag @hyde_stevenson

Ok, it's added now 👍

https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-pocket/

@wallabag @hyde_stevenson

Very strange behaviour :blobthinking:

@hyde_stevenson @wallabag

I'm not sure, but Wikipedia seems to think they are part of Mozilla?

Just seems weird to see an open software company keeping it proprietary...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_(service)

@hyde_stevenson @wallabag

I'm not sure, but Wikipedia seems to think they are?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_(service)

@hyde_stevenson

I have definitely recommended them to people asking about Pocket (by the way you can follow them at @wallabag ! )

If I can ask for some advice, what is the status of Pocket anyway? It seems to have some kind of source here (https://github.com/Pocket), but I'm guessing it's incomplete?

Is it just proprietary software right now, even though it's owned by Mozilla?

@nipos

And OpenRouteService is good too if you want to do routing rather than general searches.

@nipos

Very interesting to hear that Qwant Maps is open source, would be nice to see instances of this run by individuals and indie orgs/companies.

Maybe such instances could be integrated into the Fediverse somehow?

The alternative search engine #Qwant has a new maps site based on OpenStreetMap data:

https://www.qwant.com/maps/

What do people think?

How would you rate Qwant for privacy?

#Maps #OpenStreetMap

@Stem

Hmm... is the same zone visible on openstreetmap.org?

@JayVii_de

Yeah, this is a serious problem.

As far as I can tell, alternative search engines are the least worst options?

@JayVii_de @nipos

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

Qwant Maps seems to be trying to make OSM more user friendly, a bit closer to Google Maps' features?

I'm not hugely happy about Qwant's ties to Bild, but people need user friendly alternatives to Google Maps.

@JayVii_de @nipos

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

Qwant Maps seems to be trying to make OSM more user friendly, a bit closer to Google Maps' features?

I'm not hugely happy about Qwant's ties to Bild, but people need user friendly alternatives to Google Maps.

@nipos

MetaGer looks good, do you know of any similar English language map sites?

The alternative search engine #Qwant has a new maps site based on OpenStreetMap data:

https://www.qwant.com/maps/

What do people think?

How would you rate Qwant for privacy?

#Maps #OpenStreetMap