Hi Kendell, I would recommend just ignoring these guys. It is pretty clear from their email addresses that they are provocateurs just trying to provoke and cause a stir for the LOLs. ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kendell clark" <coffeekingms@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop" <desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 2:48:30 PM > Subject: Re: Remove the chains of opression: Gnome Online Accounts is spyware > > hi > > I'm still trying to understand where all this NSA stuff is coming from. > If you don't use it, how can it transmit anything as it hasn't been set > up. If you use it, that's another thing entirely, and you're putting > your trust in whichever company you go through. If this were true, which > it isn't, not only fedora but every other distro that uses gnome would > have spyware in it, and this is just illogical. My own distro, which I > co develop with two other developers, would be spyware because we have a > version which uses gnome. This would mean that since we're an > accessibility focused distro we'd be encouraging disabled people to use > spyware, and that's just ... oh I give up. If this is a trole, these > people need to provide more evidence for their claims, this sounds like > the more phanatical free software people's type of arguments, lots of > claims but no hard proof. Not that I'm trying to start anything, since I > know fedora is all about free software, but ... better stop there. > > > > Thanks > > Kendell Clark > > > > On 12/2/2016 9:29 AM, Alexander Bisogianis wrote: > > On 02/12/16 15:22, bitchplease@getbackinthe.kitchen wrote: > >> > >> Excuse me Sir, Fedora's tying of hard coded NSA providers to the > >> Gnome Desktop Environment harms competition between alternative > >> provides, undermines product innovation and ultimately reduces > >> consumer choice. The default providers are > >> > >> * Google > >> * Facebook > >> * Flickr > >> * Microsoft Account > >> * Pocket > >> * Foursquare > >> > > > > While this is a troll, I must agree that adding generic IMAP/POP > > accounts is not presented in the default menu and is not obvious for > > non techie users to find and use. > > > > > > Abis. > > _______________________________________________ > > desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
