for free ebooks, as long as it lasts
https://www.gutenberg.org/ should probably also be mentioned in that regard, although it’s only for things that are now in the public domain, wheras 1lib/zlibrary has “everything”
would be able to use green energy for them
you do realize that producing green energy is quite energy intensive right and most of the materials are non recyclable?
Using the green energy we produce to keep a network of money for speculators running is just beyond silly.
The cryptocoin gang are so detached from reality its not even funny at this point.
energy consumption
Bitcoin alone draws more electricity than the whole of Netherlands now. It’s network is basically a crime against humanity at this point. And I say this as someone with a (small, tiny even) stake in it.
It’s negated all gains made by renewable energy, and for what. A “currency” that is even more centralized in the hands of few people than fiat money is.
Great cover of the classic song from Blind Faith by Norwegian band Big Bang…
Didn’t really know where else to post this, but here seemed fitting enough…
Nice answer. Yeah this is essentially where I’ve landed. I really like XMPP, but it’s a big ask to get a bunch of non-tech friends to get an account somewhere they / I can trust.
The fact that Telegram is available through F-Droid is also a bonus. I really don’t like having to use the Play Store to get an app.
When I used it last the homeserver issues were to frequent. Delays in delivery, service outages etc.
And it was difficult getting more than a couple of friends on board. So it fell to the side for me.
It might be better these days tho, I dunno.
I’m also not overly fond of Electron apps. (I mainly use desktop versions as I dislike smartphones in general;))
Honestly, if getting people to get a jabber account wasnt such a pain that would still be my go to solution.
None of the other apps really do it for me. I ran matrix/element for a year or two, was way to unstable for daily use and impossible to get friends to migrate.
Signal has the benefit of incorporating SMS as well, but it’s been fairly hit or miss with message delivery for me and some friends.
Telegram works fine but isnt fully open source
Exactly my point. Wasting renewable resources on cryptomining is a crime against humanity.