We Are Not a Conventional Site, That's Why They Hate (or Love) Us
There are many hundreds of millions of Internet domains and many millions of Web sites. Tens of millions of sites are real and active, not mere mirrors or parked domains. So it's not some scarce "resource". Many of them became inactive, stale, some even turned into slopfarms. So the Web is, on average, getting worse.
Here in this site we don't try to be different. But we are different. We currently run an explosive new series which can result in arrests or mass resignations in Europe's second-largest institution, the EPO. Under Benoît Battistelli's control and direction, the EPO repeatedly tried to SLAPP us for publishing factual information based on authentic leaks. Under the control and direction of António Campinos (Battistelli's friend), we have it on record that he went on insane tirades against us, using the "f" word (f---) repeatedly and making threats to people, alleging they had spoken to us without any actual proof.
Today's EPO basically adheres to moral and ethical standards of so-called 'third world countries' - i.e. countries that it helps besiege with patent monopolies and smug colonialism (remember where the family of the President came from).
This is about cover-up, not justice. They try to hide corruption and injustice.
"I've been thoroughly enjoying the posts on Techrights," a reader wrote to us yesterday. "I've not seen **anywhere else**, for example, even the slightest trepidation about Debian including "non-free firmware" by default, or any analysis of it other than "oh great my wifi works now." I'm glad to see that you stand up for the FSF, for free software, for Richard Stallman and the GNU project, and all without embracing every little fad or trend that comes along."
"I've also been very pleased to see that this is paired with feminism and some sense of internationalism. It's unfortunately rare to see tech sites talk about women's rights, and even rarer to see them talk about it in any meaningful way (i.e., any deeper than "our corporate handlers tell us it would be good PR to mention it briefly and insincerely"). And then also to see some mentions here and there of internationalism and cooperation between peoples. It's nice."
Throughout the week this week we'll be focusing on the EPO [1, 2]. In about 2 days we'll introduce the new Techrights search (beta) and then, as noted last week (and again yesterday) we'll be buying more sacks of seeds for the birds. Next week throw a party. █