FOMO, popularity and trending algorithms are powerful forces.
Don't think it's bot farming. There's a lot of muscle being thrown around and it's trending.
Citizens only I'm afraid. You can still help though by spreading this around, if any of your friends are EU citizens they can help.
Personally hoping this opens the door to discussing planned obsolescence in the digital realm as a whole, from games to software. It's corporate wild west over here.
I'm of the opinion that encryption based security should be compartmentalized. IE, an encrypted folder, or "safe" app. Safes in housing are already a concept that is already commonly known so it would be natural to extend a safe into the digital realm. This would also help in the idea that safes are locked with a key, so if the user loses their keys, whatever is inside the safe, might as well be lost.
Now if EVERYTHING is a safe, (always on encryption). People will never known the difference. Its a dangerous type of security that is likely to be more a loss than a benefit.
Sigh, it would be nice to have this petition before Affinity sold their soul to Canva. Oh well.
Off the top, Krita and Inkscape. Haven't transitioned yet, but I have ceased receiving updates. Next OS workflow will no longer involve affinity.
To anyone promoting Affinity, they've sold out to Canva, a Venture Capital fueled mega corp looking for a public offering. Enchittification is inevitable.
Please look for FOSS alternatives instead.
I'm not thoroughly aware of their dealings, but these amounts of private investment aren't going to pay for themselves. If you raise 100 million, investors typically want a billion back, or more.
From the looks of it, Bitwarden might've tried to go with the Open Source model to get free development resources, trust (because it's an open source PASSWORD manager), and general goodwill. But now that they've deemed that got enough of a market share (or investors are starting to breathe down their necks), it's time to start raising the walled garden.
Even if they claim after the fact that it was a "Bug" that the client couldn't be built without their proprietary sdk. The very fact one exists is a bad enough sign, specially when its influence is spreading.
VC is a devil's bargain. Raising VC money is NEVER a good sign.
I wonder~ I wonder~ I wonder whyyyy...
I'll agree to disagree, but nevertheless thank you for your support.