Pavel Durov

If Pavel Durov really believed in the free exchange of information, Telegram wouldn’t exist

Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, recently tweeted a long post that complains about “What was once the promise of the free exchange of information is being turned into the ultimate tool of control.”  He’s referring to the internet as a whole but may not realize the hypocrisy of his statements. A number of countries are starting to implement laws enforcing privacy violating technologies such as digital IDs (UK), online age checks (Australia), and mass scanning …

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Do we need an open operating system for designers?

It used to be that Mac OS was a great operating system for graphic designers since it was the first consumer available operating system with a graphical user interface plus it had great postscript printer and font rendering support. That was back in the late 1980’s. Today it feels like Apple doesn’t care that much about professional users anymore. There’s little support for pro grade tablet pen displays, 100% Adobe RGB color gamut or anti-glare …

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