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.
See also https://mastodon.social/@tbernard/103889137148129330