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Richard Stallman's ideals have become a bit less crazy for me now... Either you have the ability to control the software, or it controls you
by gitgud 6y ago
Richard Stallman's ideals have become a bit less crazy for me now...
Either you have the ability to control the software, or it controls you
- verytrivial 6y agoI think coming to this realisation about Stallman's ideas (not the man, mind) is something that most rational computer users are bound to do. It happens at different times for different people, but I think people very rarely go back after that "Hang on a second ....??" moment.
- m463 6y agoI remember once he said "proprietary software subjugates people" and I just sort of blinked a bit. It seemed sort of over the top. And over time I started to understand that the way things end up working out, it is very true.