Damn, jumping to accusations sure is crazy, what was your first comment in this reply thread again? Jumping to backdoor accusations.

You download a model that you plug into a front-end that supports that model type, if the front-end doesn’t give it access it won’t have access.

It’s like being afraid of Photoshop brush file, the brush is only used when you want it how you want it within the confines of Photoshop. Same for models. At worst a backdoor would exist in Photoshop (or in our actual case in one of the front ends) that the brush file somehow exploits, but that’s a big reach, especially with open source software.

If people are however downloading self contained .exes or something with a model+frontend pre-packaged, well, that’s on them. I don’t think deepseek makes any such file available anyway so blaming them feels a bit… xenophobic?

Just run it locally

Or I guess just self host an email server

Sadly you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t. If you’re voting you’re supporting the status quo of the Dems really only listening to corporate backers, if you’re not voting you’re letting the opposition (Trump) have a better chance at office (which he did get). They’re both terrible options, and I’m not sure blaming individuals who are tired of having to fight for the lesser evil instead of a better tomorrow is fair

Have you heard about “arguing in bad faith”? When it’s an entirely different person or entity from those that screwed us in the past it’s unfair on them to assume they’re in it to screw people over especially when it comes to open source federated platforms where cutting one head means it can still work fine.

Those are some pretty bad faith assumptions

I’d pirate meds if I needed them and had to deal with American pricing

Idk X has different problems in that area, it’s not really a place for meaningful discussion, and it’s often used by bad actors who just want to spread chaos, and with Elon at the helm I can’t see X different way of doing things anyway

Jesus, someone shat on the wrong side of the bed today

They’re social platforms, not entertainment, and it’s to prevent echo chambers

Could also check out openSUSE if you don’t mind the lack of an AUR

Until Open AI announces a new 5t model or something and then the hype refreshes

Yeah there’s no easy win, Affinity is the closest competitor but it’s worth keeping in mind that they’re not the anti-adobe, they’re not fighting for accessible open software, especially not since they’ve sold out to Canva.

I am still happy with my purchase and I think it’s a good deal tho esp on a sale, just worth the consideration.

I’d add that they often have steep sales, and Black Friday is coming, but also while affinity is an underdog their formats are just as closed source if not more so than Adobe

They did release it but the latest iteration that’s on steam deck is still steam deck only, or shared via community projects like the one you mentioned

Let them focus on the streaming sites that are a dime a dozen than go for the main sites

They can state all they want, if their clients don’t pay for it they’d sell their firstborn son to get the numbers back up

But not the options in them. Look at the first screenshot, the options available and their position on screen are identical to a T, “add to favourites”, “download”, more options next to the album art, followed by a play and shuffle button, followed by the playlist, followed by 3 tabs, a home, search/explore, and my music tab. This isn’t just “card with heading and options next to it” close

Edit: and no, it’s very much the visual style that differentiates material design from everything else lol, like it has components available on material.io sure but they’re just basic components, cards, buttons, etc. not full screens.

Idk the layout and available options in the first few screens are way too close, this isn’t just stylistic similarity