"De-google-ify Tech Care" is the process of caring for our "De-google-ify Internet" services which started in 2023 (and is set to continue!). We would like to free up time to **repair, improve or strengthen** these services that we (and you) find indispensable. Care means human warmth. "De-google-ify Tech Care" also means **highlighting all the little hands behind the scenes**, who pamper and cajole, whose expertise is essential so that these healthy tools remain accessible to all. **This care time also comes at a price, and that's why we're calling on you!**
As far as standards and protocols are concerned, the story of the Internet is one of free software. But its popularity and potential make big firms jealous. They would like to claim control of it by establishing closed code in locked systems that are not interoperable. To keep the Internet faithful to the founding principles which led to its success, it is important that there should be free apps on the Internet, that is to say, apps with opensource codes, accessible under free license.
## Tech Care 2024: what's in it for you? We've already done a lot of pampering this year, and now it's time to put the spotlight back on it! - {icon1} **Some repairs**<br /> [Framalistes](@:link.listes), [Framaforms](@:link.forms) - {icon2} **Major updates**<br /> [Framatalk](@:link.talk), [Framaspace](@:link.space), [PeerTube](https://joinpeertube.org/), [Mobilizon.fr](https://mobilizon.fr), [mooc.chatons.org](https://mooc.chatons.org), [Framapiaf](@:link.piaf), [Framacalc](@:link.calc) - {icon3} **Contributions** to the free/libre software that runs our services<br /> [Mypads](https://framagit.org/framasoft/Etherpad/ep_mypads) (Framapad), [Umap](https://github.com/umap-project/umap/) (Framacartes), [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) (Framagenda, Frama.space), [Sympa](https://www.sympa.org/) (Framalistes) - {icon4} **New services**<br /> [**Pytition**](https://pytition.org) (will be used for [Framapetitions](https://test.framapetitions.org?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=petitions&mtm_placement=list))<br /> **[Framalab](@:link.lab)** (on a trial basis, without support or warranty) : [Alternatives to Tricount](https://framalab.org/fr/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=money&mtm_placement=list#tricount) ([I Hate Money](https://ihm.framalab.org/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons), [Spliit](https://split.framalab.org/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons)), [alternatives to Lucidchart](https://framalab.org/fr/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=draw&mtm_placement=list#lucidchart) ([Excalidraw](https://excalidraw.framalab.org/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons), [Draw.io](https://drawio.framalab.org/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons)), [PDF handling](https://framalab.org/fr/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=pdf&mtm_placement=list#ilovepdf) ([Stirling PDF](https://stirling-pdf.framalab.org/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons), [PDF Signature](https://signature-pdf.framalab.org/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons))<br /> **We're working on it** : quickly adapt visuals ([Aktivisda](https://aktivisda.earth)), integrate accounting and membership management into Framaspace ([Paheko](https://paheko.cloud))
We wish to support a participative and independent Internet. Exploitation, surveillance, censorship, and data appropriation are trends we refuse in favor of transparency (integrity), clearly displayed policies for users of the various services, and the refusal of all forms of discrimination.
## Focus: Framapetitions, a… petitions service! There are many petition platforms, but they are rarely based on free code. These platforms are also widely suspected of using your personal details (name, email, cause supported) for purposes other than adding your signature to a petition. For several years now, we've been supporting an open-source project called Pytition. It's functional, but still needs a lot of work on the visual aspects. Supporting us financially means that we can spend time working with the original developer to improve Pytition, in collaboration with the original developer, and in the medium term, to open an online store, in the medium term, to open up a truly free and open petitions platform, with a guarantee that your data will not be used for commercial purposes.
