Oh they do, they are just regional - for now.
Yep, signing is mandatory, according to the docs. It's necessary for updating the app. You don't have to use Google, you can self-sign it.
Thanks. I had to use a VPN. No idea why it's banning my IP. There can't be too many people in this building using the fediverse.
Codeberg or gitlab as a source forge. Depending on how private you are, you can start a fresh git repository, then your private history won't be exposed.
Otherwise, a license and gitignore file and you're done. Maybe a README if you fancy. And if you want to go overboard, add the apk or request for it to be put on F-Droid
Alternatives to the duopoly can't come fast enough.
Image gone 🤕 Did Microslop slopify VSCode?
Tragic. Now the floor will be raised and they will have to innovate. Truly tragic
Radicle, codeberg, gitlab, sourcehut, tale your pick. Github isn't the only option. Far from it.
I'd have to find their blog post again where they reveal their financials. IIRC it was 50 staff and each was earning half a million or something on average. Maybe I read or remember it wrong but the blog post or comments by Signal staff (maybe even the CEO?) were quite elitist regarding their reasons for hiring US staff or staff living in the US only.
What the true reasons are I dont know. Maybe indeed multinational hiring is just too complicated, who knows, but the way the responses were worded were maybe unfortunate, but at revealing for me.
I donate at least 1k a year to opensource. There is no shortage of good opensource projects deserving donations; good in the sense of quality and those that fit into my worldview.
I'm a fierce believer in remunerating opensource and of way stronger political opinions. What I won't donate to, is this idea that the US is the only place on the planet where skilled workers exist that can do this type of work. Orgs believing in US execeptionalism are great. Go be exceptional, just without my money. They won't miss it.
I'm cleaning up AI slop but have been tasked with using more AI to do it faster and deliver more features. Doesn't matter to me. I'm getting paid 🤷 It'll be somebody else's problem soon enough, if the company survives.
My eye will be on the job market soon and I do wonder what it will be like. It seems like AI is eroding the minds of many.