#Amazon treats its warehouse workers badly, pays very little tax and tracks its users. Its #Kindle platform will delete books that people have already bought.
Here are some updated ethical alternatives to #AmazonBooks, Kindle and #GoodReads:
https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-amazon-and-goodreads/
Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions for alternatives, if you have any more suggestions (or feedback on these alternatives) please reply to this post.
#Kindle #Goodreads #Privacy #DeleteAmazon #DeleteKindle #DRM #eBooks #Books
@switchingsocial how about adding riot.im (matrix.org) as a whatsapp, messenger and skype alternative?
A lot of people have suggested riot.im, it seems to be a very popular platform!
However, it still seems quite oriented towards technical users?
It's very full-featured, yes, but as a replacement for AIM or FB chat or Skype it seems to me to be on the same level learning curve-wise.
This is of course a matter of personal taste, but the riot.im site strongly implies people should click on "launch now", then they are taken to a slightly confusing screen.
It's unclear what the user is meant to do next, or even what the screen is for. The biggest icon encourages users to click on the directory, but this is just a list of technical topics.
I guess this isn't a problem with the software itself, but its presentation?
@switchingsocial @wraidd @matrix I guess onboarding for new users could be improved, but as far as i know there is a "bigger" UI change planned for Riot to simplify the UI/UX.
