Notices by Cassidy 🔥🐶☕ This is not fine (cassidyjames@mastodon.social)

Also, you have to give WhatsApp—a Facebook-owned and controlled app—access to all of your photos, videos, and files just to VIEW statuses? lolwat

@jwildeboer And I’m saying this having worked on projects on both sides—upstream and downstream. Working with the upstream, contributing directly means you actually get a lot of pull within the project, while also ensuring your needs are considered in future development.

Reason 9,584 not to install random .debs from the Internet, *even when you trust the source*:

Brave changed their signing key, breaking app updates. They expect you to manually download, import, and trust a new key from Terminal to fix your system. https://community.brave.com/t/linux-users-please-update-your-linux-repos/53810

One: Google app iconography is hot garbage these days. This flat color blob on white is boring and makes it actively harder to find apps.

Two: spot the single non-Google app in the sea of Google apps. It's like they want to be acquired.

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