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I don't understand why everyone is tolerating (nay, engendering!) the level of invasion and subjugation that's baked into all the modern operating systems, linu
by lvs 8y ago
I don't understand why everyone is tolerating (nay, engendering!) the level of invasion and subjugation that's baked into all the modern operating systems, linux aside. I want to spend $99 on a perpetual license and not be monetized any further! It's gone way too far now, and there has to be a way back to sanity. I suspect laws will be necessary and the industry will need to shrink. Some will lose their pointless jobs, but so be it. It's a dystopia you're building anyway.
- unityByFreedom 8y agoI mean.. it costs money to continue to develop software. The idea of paying for an OS is different from the idiocy of Windows-forced updates. I understand people think of an OS as a static thing but when hardware changes you need to rewrite some of the stuff that sits on top, plus security updates.
- lvs 8y agoThen just price in the cost of security updates into the up-front price. Done and done! This "innovation" in tech business plans to maximize perpetual revenue from users is (obviously) anti-consumer and dystopian. It's disingenuous to say that you can justify what's happened solely based on the cost of updates.
- unityByFreedom 8y agoPrice in the cost of all future security updates? Why would I want to buy software updates for life? That sounds incredibly expensive. And if a company were successful at selling this model, they could be taken over by some greedy businessmen who cut costs in order to get short term profit.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago> linux aside Linux has its own subjugation bullshit. I'll grant it isn't as bad as shoving ads at you or forced updates, but Windows brings other advantages too (like having top of the line GPUs actually work).