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> A friend once asked me to watch a video with her that she was going to display on her computer using Netflix. I declined, saying that Netflix was such a threa
by scandox 8y ago
> A friend once asked me to watch a video with her that she was going to display on her computer using Netflix. I declined, saying that Netflix was such a threat to freedom that I felt uncomfortable with legitimizing it in this way.
I do respect RMS, but there is a sitcom contained in these two lines.
- mbrock 8y agoIt could be a cheap shot comedy making RMS into a funny weird guy, or it could be an interesting and challenging dialogue about ethics, entertainment, and convenience.
- jimhefferon 8y agoI'm pretty sure I konw which one Netflix would buy.
- fahadkhan 8y agoWhich? I only really see my little bubble of Netflix, of course, but a prominent part of that is Black Mirror and Big Bang Theory so it could go either way.
- youdontknowtho 8y agoOr it could be about a guy from American academia focusing on a very narrow definition of freedom.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoStallman's version of freedom does seem to be bounded by an excessive use of the word "never".
- DoreenMichele 8y agoAcademics and government employees both seem very capable of losing sight of the fact that someone needs to somehow pay the bills. They seem to often be oblivious to that idea. They work. They get paid. Their work doesn't have to make money per se. Their mental model for work and compensation departs from business culture into some la la land where bills are somehow paid by magic, it seems. (I have a lot of relatives who worked for the government and I was a military wife for a lot of years. This is a problem I personally wrestle with and it is likely a factor in my persistent poverty. So it isn't intended to insult anyone.)
- atonse 8y agoI think this character was already well portrayed as Sheldon in Big bang theory. Although he was more science nerd than open software nerd.
- iforgotpassword 8y agoExactly my thoughts. I'm generally impressed by how much stallman practices what he preaches, and by how many things he forecasted 20 ago actually came true or we're at least close to being there. That quote however made me exhale rapidly through my nose, and I was still chewing on some spaghetti at that point resulting in little pieces of spaghetti ending up in my nose. Totally not a recommended experience. I can't help but still consider RMS somewhat nuts.
- Waterluvian 8y agoLittle nodules of food in your nose is just the worst.
- eponeponepon 8y agoHe does himself no favours with his compulsion to rename things - "media services" becoming "media dis-services", "Goober" for "Uber" and so forth. Many of his arguments are strong and worthy of discussion, even if his overall stance is not always so - but the way he expresses them can border into childishness sometimes. It's a pity; it gives his detractors (of whom I am not one, to be clear) an excuse to dismiss him.
- Crontab 8y agoI have a lot of respect for Stallman but I have to agree with you on this. It is very annoying and I think it creates barriers to the message he is trying to send.
- matte_black 8y agoEven if his points were valid, I feel that life is just too short to be a stallmanite.
- addicted 8y agoI agree. His points are usually very strong and he has led me to changing my opinions more than any other single individual. But his way of communicating often leads to an initial impulse to dismiss what he is saying outright, much like I would dismiss a Microsoft criticism which referred to the company as M$ or an Apple criticism that kept calling it crApple.
- slimshady94 8y agoI'd wager the friend in question wasn't thinking of privacy and freedom when she invited Stallman for Netflix and chill.
- maxsavin 8y agoIt's perfect for Dwight from the Office.
- Jyaif 8y agoRMS has friends? Aren't they dangerous for freedom?