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I agree that it's better when we can do without legislation and rely on individual action instead. For example, individuals should be able to take a copy of Win
by rwallace 10y ago
I agree that it's better when we can do without legislation and rely on individual action instead. For example, individuals should be able to take a copy of Windows 10, reverse engineer it, disable the spyware and offer the result for free download.
Unfortunately, government legislation in the form of copyright law prohibits this. If it were up to me, copyright law would be repealed. But failing that, we can't have a situation where all the laws favor corporations and none favor individuals, at least not unless we want to slide into the kind of dystopia cyberpunk writers have been warning us about for generations.
- totony 10y agoNo, users should be free not to use the proprietary software.
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- userbinator 10y agoUnfortunately, government legislation in the form of copyright law prohibits this. AFAIK what it doesn't prohibit is sharing information on how to disable that spyware, or even software that will do it for you. Take an original Windows ISO, feed it to an app, and out comes an ISO with your customisations. If you're feeling neighbourly and rebellious, you can share that ISO with others. This is not a new concept --- see projects like nLite, and all the various customised Windows versions that you can find on the torrent sites.