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Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training (arstechnica.com)
submitted 6 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] Plume@lemmy.blahaj.zone 81 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (13 children)
  1. "Alright guys, it's time to leave Slack for a better alternative!"
  2. Proceeds to migrate to yet another proprietary and centralized piece of software.
  3. It happens again.
  4. "Alright guys, it's time to leave [insert software name here] for a better alternative!"
  5. Proceeds to migrate to yet another proprietary and centralized piece of software, again.
  6. It happens again, again.
  7. Clown moment.

It's what's going to happen. It's what always happens. And on a side note, by the way, I guaran-fucking-tee you that it's what's going to eventually happen with Discord as well. I have zero doubt about it.

[–] SineSwiper@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Do you know how to break the cycle? Use open-source software. Use standard protocols that aren't locked behind some greedy corporation.

Why not take the features from Discord/Slack and integrate it into a new IRC or Jabber protocol?

[–] Plume@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Has anybody tried Revolt? It looks really cool. Like a proper open source alternative to Discord. But I never had the opportunity to try it with anyone, so I don't know.

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

Interesting, the name sounds familiar, it's not based on Matrix and they're planning encrypted messages. Oh, you can self-host it!

[–] Thann@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

Mumble hasn't fed any of my data to a megacorp!

[–] eveninghere@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

Technically, being open source or free ala GPL isn't enough. Protocols aren't enough.

You need a guarantee that you own your data.

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