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Free as in speech is the only point where Windows is still ok, it's free as in beer and free as in freedom where it falls down.
by H4CK3RM4N 10y ago
Free as in speech is the only point where Windows is still ok, it's free as in beer and free as in freedom where it falls down.
- pdkl95 10y agoWindows is not Free Software, and this entire discussion is about Microsoft's decisions that ignore the wishes of the actual owner of the computer. Microsoft is forcing changes onto other people's property. If this was a physical product you bought, the manufacturer forcing changes onto your property would be considered vandalism. Of course, apologists will try to shift the blame to the victim - the users lacking technical training - by pointing to dark patterns in the setup or "EULA". Microsoft isn't the worst offender re: platform freedom, but calling windows "free" ignores decades of bad behavior, the current moves to lock down Windows while adding spyware and other miss-features, and the simple fact that proprietary software outside your control is by definition "not free".