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71 points hansmayer | 2 comments | 13 Dec 25 23:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.389s | source
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gmuslera ◴[14 Dec 25 01:03 UTC] No.46259880[source]▶
The PC revolution started with the idea that you can own a computer. Now, by your operating system choice, you don't own it nor what it runs, you don't own the computer, and you don't own anymore the data that used to belong to you that you put there. And with your data it goes along you, eventually.

And if you decide that you must install that operating system because it runs a particular game or app, think all you are sacrificing for that as an implicit extra cost.

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doug_durham ◴[14 Dec 25 01:26 UTC] No.46260008[source]▶
Hmm... I own my computer and the software it runs. I license access to features that I want.
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1. XorNot ◴[14 Dec 25 01:41 UTC] No.46260095[source]▶
The headline post here is about a user having to exercise an incredible amount of effort to remove features they don't want but which the vendor will deliberately reinstall despite user preference.
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2. tkel ◴[14 Dec 25 01:54 UTC] No.46260158[source]▶
Yeah, this makes sense, in a world where the things sold to you are produced by profit-maximizing capitalists.

If the company were instead owned by the users, such as a consumer co-operative, then its products would serve the interests of its users.