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KDE-Powering Qt's New Framework Lets Developers Bring Ads Into Their Apps
"Qt, the framework that powers the KDE desktop, is announcing support for ads in client-side applications," reports Neowin:
This means that application developers will now be able to serve ads in traditional desktop applications.... Windows users have been dealing with this in Metro UI apps since Windows 8 and it's something tha ... ⌘ Read more
So... Not even Open Source Linux Desktop Environments such as KDE are not immune from this bullshit model of "steal all your data" ?! 🤦♂️ Farrk me 😳
So... Not even Open Source Linux Desktop Environments such as KDE are not immune from this bullshit model of "steal all your data" ?! 🤦♂️ Farrk me 😳
@eldersnake I honestly cannot understand this trend in the industry that now seems to be poisoning the open source community, it's just madness. 🤦♂️ Why the fuck would anyone want to use an open source product of any kind if the developers decided to shove ads in their users face?! Wait didn't that happens recently with Audacity, then the community started forking it? 😂
@eldersnake I honestly cannot understand this trend in the industry that now seems to be poisoning the open source community, it's just madness. 🤦♂️ Why the fuck would anyone want to use an open source product of any kind if the developers decided to shove ads in their users face?! Wait didn't that happens recently with Audacity, then the community started forking it? 😂
@movq Yes but but KDE that is built atop QT isn't though right? 🤔 (_been a while since I've been in the Linux on Desktop ecosystem 😅_)_
@movq Yes but but KDE that is built atop QT isn't though right? 🤔 (_been a while since I've been in the Linux on Desktop ecosystem 😅_)_
@prologic That’s right. But it’s an issue with Qt, not with KDE. It’s not that KDE decided to show apps on their desktop now, right? Actually, I don’t think anything is going to happen to *KDE* at all. But sooner or later, more and more (independent) Qt programs could make use of this new ad thingy, and thus Qt (and, to some degree, KDE with it) could become … well, a shitshow.
@prologic That’s right. But it’s an issue with Qt, not with KDE. It’s not that KDE decided to show ads on their desktop now, right? Actually, I don’t think anything is going to happen to *KDE* at all. But sooner or later, more and more (independent) Qt programs could make use of this new ad thingy, and thus Qt (and, to some degree, KDE with it) could become … well, a shitshow.
@prologic That’s right. But it’s an issue with Qt, not with KDE. It’s not that KDE decided to show ads on their desktop now, right? Actually, I don’t think anything is going to happen to *KDE* at all. But sooner or later, more and more (independent) Qt programs could make use of this new ad thingy, and thus Qt (and, to some degree, KDE with it) could become … well, a shitshow.
@prologic That’s right. But it’s an issue with Qt, not with KDE. It’s not that KDE decided to show ads on their desktop now, right? Actually, I don’t think anything is going to happen to *KDE* at all. But sooner or later, more and more (independent) Qt programs could make use of this new ad thingy, and thus Qt (and, to some degree, KDE with it) could become … well, a shitshow.
@movq I'll be sure to bring plenty of 🍿 for the inevitable show 😂
@movq I'll be sure to bring plenty of 🍿 for the inevitable show 😂
@movq I very much hope that you're right. I'm still using some KDE appliations in my everday use. KMail, Dolphin, Gwenview, Kdenlive (well, not every day), to name the most prominent ones I can think of at the top of my head. Especially migrating off KMail will be hard for me I imagine. But if I have to, I'll try mutt.