Because licensing is complicated and likely they are not the sole owners of all technology involved in doing so and there’s no perceived benefit for them to do that unless they feel like they can make money on it somehow.
Because licensing is complicated and likely they are not the sole owners of all technology involved in doing so and there’s no perceived benefit for them to do that unless they feel like they can make money on it somehow.
Regardless of the politics surrounding abortion, Facebook chat never claims to be encrypted nor secure. Users should be aware that their chats are available in this capacity and should also be aware that platforms like Signal exist which are encrypted and secure.
Things come and go in cycles. There was a time when Fark, Digg, MySpace, LiveJournal, etc. were all a big thing and then they slowly went away or declined as something new arose in its place. I think a lot of the more tech-savvy users of Reddit will migrate to various fediverse instances and that you’ll see other microblogging platforms arise to fill the void of Twitter, a la Bluesky. You’ll still have somewhere to go, it just may not be the place you were used to going to.
Knee-jerk reaction: I want to know why municipally-supported telecom monopolies are still a thing… hmm??
So, a bunch of years back, I stumbled upon a little-known application called Synergy that was fledgling at the time. The idea of a virtual KVM using a client/server architecture completely changed how I was able to interact between my various PCs/Mac/Work PC and it was great.
George R. R. Martin should finish his book so that we can see if it’s actually an issue.