This captures why I've largely lost interest in developing for the web: It feels like any work I put into it is furthering Google's agenda, similar to how making iOS apps is furthering Apple's.
https://landshark.io/2020/08/16/web-by-google.html
Working on native GTK apps, on the other hand, feels like I'm helping create a credible ethical alternative to those agendas.
@tbernard I couldn’t agree more! I’m also very excited about technologies that allow to synchronise devices locally (e.g. Computer and phone)
Why would I need a server to synchronise which podcast I read, or how many pages I read in my ebook?
If it sounds like Bonsai, that’s because it’s exactly what I have in mind
@thibaultamartin @tbernard sidetracking it a bit - secure scuttlebutt, bonsai - they seem conceptually similar. Anybody know other developments in that domain?
@thibaultamartin @tbernard what's Bonsai? it's pretty hard to websearch for it.
@grainloom Introduction to Bonsai: https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2020/01/01/introducing-bonsai/
The actual repository: https://gitlab.gnome.org/chergert/bonsai
Please don't ask the author about that pet project. It's a very promising one, but Christian is already working on a lot of cool stuff and doesn't have much time to spend on Bonsai :)
@tbernard Have you heard about Gemini and the Small Web?
@avalos I don't think I have, no.
@tbernard As a counterpoint to that... I've recently been very impressed by web technologies, most recently Javascript+WebGL on the client, but also capabilities of self-hosted servers.
Buried inside Google's proprietary crap there's a core of very nice, high-performing, open techologies.
Just stay clear of anything "cloud" or "app store", or anything involving middlemen like delivery optimisation.
Server run by the main developers of the project 
It is not focused on any particular niche interest - everyone is welcome as long as you follow our code of conduct!
See also https://mastodon.social/@tbernard/103889137148129330