#WSocial will open up their beta program today… and I have a SCOOP for you: it appears that they have quietly gone closed-source!

[altim@mastodon.nl]

@_elena Sigh

@EUCommission @aral

[altim@mastodon.nl]

@_elena Sovereignty washing

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@altim open-washing, sovereignty-washing, Euro-washing... they should open a chain of laundromats

[streetcoder@mastodon.social]

@_elena OK, we should send some letters and organise some public "demonstration" to show that we already have a much better alternative in place.

Otherwise she and the other politicians will never know that the Fediverse is already relevant and is much more democratic and digitally independent than Bluesky/W Social could ever be.

Or maybe they already know and it's all due to lobby, but than it would be even more important.

[mactunag@gts.eunach.scot]

@_elena Why not eurosky? Bonkers

[smallcircles@social.coop]

@_elena @aral @EUCommission

Unbelievable, and really disheartening. What a farce. I just commented yesterday that "sovereignty" had become this new fad, a business buzzword to indicate where the low-hanging revenue is for the big enterprises, like earlier the hollow phrase of "digital transformation" (digital transformation for the purpose of what?). This more anecdotal proof that this is indeed the case..

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116759881586257835

[ikuturso@mastodon.social]

@Mabande I think it's more just being clueless and wsocial being very well politically connected so they are able to convince these politicians to do this. It was evident this was their stategy from day one with the announcement at Davos etc. but I wouldn't necessarily have bet on them being this successful with it.

Ultimately this might still not mean that much though.

@Razemix @sanzky @_elena

[hwll@sunny.garden]

@_elena please, my European friends, you mustn't comply.

[baalroga@piaille.fr]

@_elena for fuck sake they won't ever learn!

Yesterday, I watched this video https://videos.assemblee-nationale.fr/video.18843051_69fb3ac192f70.vulnerabilites-systemiques-dans-le-secteur-du-numerique--table-ronde-sur-le-logiciel-libre-6-mai-2026 with @renchap where he explained how public administrations just want an access to the service, not operate it and it grinds my gear so fuckin much

[feyter@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@_elena @EUCommission @aral W Social has all the checkmarks for a scam to collect public funding...

Please use the money to found open source project that actually do work for all europeans (and humanity in general).

[derzeitreiser@mastodon.social]

@sanzky @_elena It's Ursula von der Leyen. Here in Germany, she epitomizes - perhaps more than anyone else - a combination of corruption and utter incompetence.
She has never won a single popular vote anywhere - quite the opposite: she lost constituencies that had previously been considered safe seats for her party - and has built her entire career exclusively on her corrupt networks, while scandals would always catch up with her just in the nick of time, before she was promoted to the next post

[f4grx@chaos.social]

@hwll @_elena comply with what? A new twitter appears. Oh ok. Anyways.

[frumble@chaos.social]

@ikuturso @Mabande @Razemix @sanzky @_elena Kanzlerin Merkel has had a regular podcast which basically nobody has listened to/watched besides the journalists. There is hope it’s the same with Ursel.

[frumble@chaos.social]

@smallcircles @_elena You can find two excellent discussions of the term "digital sovereignty" in these threads (beware, it’s in German):

https://chaos.social/@stk/116711117194599688

[fabirucho@mastodon.social]

@_elena @EUCommission @aral hmm. I get it is not great. But is it better than meta? Most of my family and friends use meta services. So if it could be an alternative I could leave meta for a better option. Even though it isnt perfect

[smallcircles@social.coop]

@frumble thank you!

[reverend@social.undeadnetwork.de]

@_elena @EUCommission @aral The same nonsense we saw with #Mistral. It says on the official Wikipedia page that it’s down to Google, Meta and the usual hedge funds. Then billions are thrown at it; Mistral is utterly incompetent – in other words, rubbish. But everyone made money. I reckon there’s no getting round reading Rosa Luxemburg’s *The Accumulation of Capital*. That’s what it’s always about. Always.

[cquest@amicale.net]

@baalroga @_elena @renchap

To learn you need to understand.

They will, but the hard way, and too late.

[t3rcermillenium@mastodon.social]

@_elena @themipper When I first heard about #wsocial, I had high hopes of a genuine European, privacy-preserving, open source solution.

Fool me.

Definitely won’t be joining.

[rstub@digitalcourage.social]

@_elena
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