kepano
@kepano
Self-guaranteeing promises Companies break promises all the time. A self-guaranteeing promise does not require you to trust anyone. You can verify a self-guaranteeing promise yourself. https://stephango.com/self-guarantee
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kepano
@kepano
A simple example: "stainless steel" is a self-guaranteeing promise. You can test it yourself on any tool that makes this promise, and the stainlessness of the steel cannot be withdrawn.
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shazow
@shazow.eth
Agreed with the self-guaranteeing premise, but "file over app" does not itself let us use our files in another app at any time without it behaving like an export. Files end up controlled by the sync mechanism. For example, if we use Obsidian Sync on mobile, we can't have another mobile app interact with the same files in a meaningful way. It effectively has to be "exported" then "imported" back in later.
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nis.eth
@literature
related https://cdixon.org/2020/01/26/computers-that-can-make-commitments
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christin
@christin
I was gonna post it here if you didn't already post it :P
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Jake Casey
@jakeacasey
A great example to add to the list is the recent WordPress debacle where Matt Mullenweg revoked WPEngine customer's access to the plugin marketplace. Access to this was treated as a given (because who would take it away?), and it was lost with the flip of a switch. Good article.
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beasley
@beasley
I love this. But I want more in the way of self-guaranteeing promises about privacy. I desperately want that, but have to use external tools (like LittleSnitch) for best effort here. This also comes up in discussions around VPN or email providers. Are there examples of this self-guaranteeing promises about privacy?
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