[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] web: announce code.ffmpeg.org

[Kieran Kunhya]

On Fri, 25 Jul 2025, 12:41 Nicolas George, <george at nsup.org> wrote:

> Jacob Lifshay (HE12025-07-24):
> > ok, I prefer to never do that though because it makes reading the
> > patches very annoying. Anyone should be able to read the patches
> > without having to download files and open them in their editor (which
> > is particularly annoying on phones), leaving a bunch of unwanted files
> > around when you're done reading.
>
> I see your complaint about mail. But then I notice that you are posting
> from GMail.
>
> You have to realize that GMail's software is not meant for the likes of
> you or me, it is not meant for people who see a plain text file and
> think text/plain, it is meant for people who see a plain text file and
> look for the way to set it in Comic Sans.
>
> GMail's software is designed to sustain Google's cyberfeudalism market
> model: make it very easy to enter and very hard to leave. Making it hard
> to leave has the unavoidable consequence to give very little control
> that power users can use.
>
> You, and anybody who does not exclaim “I'm not a computer scientist” when
> they see a dialog box with more than two buttons, would greatly benefit
> from replacing your use of GMail's software with a real mail client
> running under your own control.
>
> Not just for your contributions to FFmpeg but for your daily use of mail
> also. For example, where GMail only shows you a “conversation” with all
> mail in chronological order, a real mail software can show you it as a
> tree, making it clear who is responding to who. When the discussion is
> not linear, it makes a world of difference.
>
> Note that you can use a real mail client running under your
> responsibility and still use Google's gratis hosting, you just need to
> connect your client to your GMail account.
>
> And even if you do not want to change your habits, even if you want to
> continue to use the GMail webmail-for-lusers in your day to day use of
> mail, you can still use a second client just for the patches on the
> mailing-list, preferably automating it: a few shell scripts and the
> patches will be ready for you in the format you prefer.
>
> In short and imaged, I see you arguing that screws are too difficult to
> use and we should use twisted vines instead, but the real issue is that
> you are using a Playskool Plastic Tool Set instead of a proper
> screwdriver.
>
> Regards,
>

The internet is there to sustain cyber feudalism of big tech. You should be
using Faxes and BBSs hosted on true analogue telephone systems. None of
this digital nonsense.

Kieran

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