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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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When support is hidden away in discord, web searches can't find it. Nobody can even look through it without having an account.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I agree that it sucks. I would much rather use a more open platform. But my users don’t want that. Discord is convenient, people want convenience, and I want to give my users convenience (even if it means I have to answer the same questions once in a while).

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

Only convenient for those who are on discord. Everyone else is excluded.