For example, Github is the most popular place to store your project code and we all know, who owns it. And not to forget that sketchy AI training on every line of your code. Don't we have alternatives? Oh, yes we have. Gitlab, Codeberg, Notabug, etc. You can even host your own Gitea or Forgejo instance if you want.

Also, Crowdin is very popular in terms of software (and docs) translation. Even Privacy Guides and The New Oil use Crowdin, even though we have FLOSS Weblate, that you can easily self-host or use public instances.

So, my question is: if you are building a FLOSS / privacy related project, why using proprietary and privacy invasive tools?

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[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

That makes sense. But what about big ongoing projects/ Couldn't they easily migrate to a FOSS service? I'd imagine people will look out for them specifically no matter where they're hosted.

[–] mukt@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago

Big projects generally have their own websites to house their community. Example of LibreOffice comes to mind.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

They often host on multiple platforms.