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Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator
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Hubert Figuière |
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Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator |
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Wed, 01 May 2013 12:54:46 -0400 |
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On 01/05/13 12:42 PM, Danyl Strype wrote:
>> Still requires the proprietary plugin and the infamous "Real name"
>> arbitrary policy that is know to prevent people using their real name to
>> use the service until they send a copy of their ID to Google... [1]
>>
>
> I agree the 'real name' policy is crap when Google does it, just like it's
> crap when FarceBook does it. To be precise though, according to the message
> from Google in your link (
> http://www.figuiere.net/hub/blog/?2011/08/18/799-dear-google), this policy
> applies to G+, and a number of other products that are being dropped (eg
> Reader). AFAIK You can use Hangouts from GMail under any name you like.
AFAIK it still require to install a *proprietary* Google plugin. And
they don't support all platforms:
http://support.google.com/plus/answer/1216376?hl=en&ref_topic=1257349
Note that Google Hangout is being advertised as a Google+ feature:
http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/
And if you go to
http://support.google.com/plus/answer/1215275?hl=en&ref_topic=3008151
You get told to go to
https://hangouts.google.com/
Which ask you to log into Google+.
If that does not look like a Google+ requirement, then I wonder.
>
>> They don't use WebRTC yet.
>>
>
> My mistake. It seems pretty inevitable that they will though, as soon as
> enough of the major browsers are shipping with built-in WebRTC support.
We have seen Google promising and not delivering. Like dropping H264
support in Chrome - to push WebM. Or switching Youtube to HTML5 (still
largely partial). Etc.
So I wouldn't hold my breath.
Sadly WebRTC isn't quite ready yet, but I really hope we start to see
autonomous video conferencing system, possibly with federation so that
we forfeit the dependence on proprietary systems, short of not using
them [1]
Hub
[1] I have so far refused to use Skype of Google+ Hangouts for these
reason. Or the A/V Chat from GTalk.
- Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator, MJ Ray, 2013/05/01
- Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator, Danyl Strype, 2013/05/01
- Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator, Hubert Figuière, 2013/05/01
- Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator, Danyl Strype, 2013/05/01
- Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator,
Hubert Figuière <=
- Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator, Danyl Strype, 2013/05/01
- Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator, Hubert Figuière, 2013/05/01
- Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator, John Sullivan, 2013/05/02
- Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator, Danyl Strype, 2013/05/02
- Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator, MJ Ray, 2013/05/02
Re: [autonomo.us] FSF is hiring: outreach and communication coordinator, MJ Ray, 2013/05/02