Immich is self hosted and open source. Do I like FUTO and their tech bro approach to open source? No. But in this case, it doesn’t matter, because it’s not a service, it’s not something like Ente.
What a weird take. It’s not possible to avoid OSS that originated in the US. Also, when do you consider OSS not a “US product”? When a developer from another country contributes?
I’m all for gaining independence but this is a wrong battle to engage in.
It’s not a US product, it’s open source. Where the developer lives/their citizenship doesn’t transfer to the free (freedom) software, the software doesn’t benefit American corps or the empire, it helps you escape their grip.
Moving people from closed commercial offerings onto something self hosted is enough work without gatekeeping US open source projects, even if they are flawed. If we want to move normal people away from the commercial offerings onto something better, we can’t do things like that. Better save such warnings for when they are actually needed (”Project X has been dead for five years and is full of security holes, you should migrate to project Y instead”). Keep the experience positive regardless.
You do you, but different people have differing requirements and preferences. Don’t scare them away please.
Immich is self hosted and open source. Do I like FUTO and their tech bro approach to open source? No. But in this case, it doesn’t matter, because it’s not a service, it’s not something like Ente.
Anyway, currently it’s better to avoid as much US products and change to those from the EU for obvious reasons.
What a weird take. It’s not possible to avoid OSS that originated in the US. Also, when do you consider OSS not a “US product”? When a developer from another country contributes?
I’m all for gaining independence but this is a wrong battle to engage in.
It’s not a US product, it’s open source. Where the developer lives/their citizenship doesn’t transfer to the free (freedom) software, the software doesn’t benefit American corps or the empire, it helps you escape their grip.
Moving people from closed commercial offerings onto something self hosted is enough work without gatekeeping US open source projects, even if they are flawed. If we want to move normal people away from the commercial offerings onto something better, we can’t do things like that. Better save such warnings for when they are actually needed (”Project X has been dead for five years and is full of security holes, you should migrate to project Y instead”). Keep the experience positive regardless.
You do you, but different people have differing requirements and preferences. Don’t scare them away please.