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You can tell the tool was built by Torvalds… other VCSs call this command credit or annotate.

This is why I use darcs. VCSs based on patch theory have less conflicts.

I could tolerate well-behaved static image banners, but you know it would all be distracting videos at the least.

Is this the real reason polka was invented?

What I expected to see is not the same as what I expect someone to do.

Mailing lists used to be the norm, more free software has been migrating… but also in this specific case the maker is promoting user not use a Google-owned proprietary platform while hosting on a Microsoft-owned proprietary platform which smells of hypocrisy--especially when with code forges there are several great alternative options.

There’s a cost to doing the (re)encoding & storing multiple version of video. It’s relatively not more data to send one codec versus another, but storage & processing aren’t free either (especially with AV1 requiring hardware encoding unless you want to grind forever on a file).

Naturally. Is there a term like greenwashing or sportswashing but for free software?

This is why I don’t trust Rich Communication Services (RCS) being developed by the big tech giants. I can almost guarantee it’s meant to meet minimum legal requirements otherwise Google, Facebook, et al. would have reverted their services to XMPP federation on a protocol with now even more years of battle testing.

That’s still a lot of monthly money for a lot of folks which hurts accessibility for many, not all. The fact that we can’t agree on codecs throws yet another wrench in things as you need multiple resolutions & formats. I’m happy it exists tho & uses distributed serving.

Implying Lemmy is the only link aggregator? There are others, informal group & DM sharing as well.

One advantage of linking a YouTube video in an aggregator setting is if the video goes viral, everyone is spamming Google’s server for delivery instead of hammering smaller services. Video is pretty expensive, so for now I see no issue abusing YouTube (assuming everyone here is already ad-blocking & DNS sinking anyhow).