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> How is taking away an ability my computer had, without my consent, not threatening my freedom? Because "threatening my freedom" is either a) an incredible ov

> How is taking away an ability my computer had, without my consent, not threatening my freedom? Because "threatening my freedom" is either a) an incredible overreaction, or b) meaningless. You are not going to have your freedoms curtailed. You will not go to prison. You will be able to share your opinion on the matter without restriction. You may continue to practice your chosen religion. You will not be taxed. You will not have additional restrictions placed upon your travel. You will not be required to house troops in your residence. You can even choose to not install the OS update, and your old software will continue to work. You can choose to reinstall an old version of the OS, and your old software will continue to work. Perhaps you desire an ongoing and perpetual right to download new versions of a commercial software product, which will never include changes that you do not personally desire. That right does not exist and it never has. This is not a threat to your freedom.

VRay 6y ago
> You can even choose to not install the OS update, and your old software will continue to work. You can choose to reinstall an old version of the OS, and your old software will continue to work. ?? It's possible to hack around the update, but it's a forcibly-pushed update that breaks something on your machine, and the only easy way to stop it is to go offline permanently
- derefr 6y ago
  Why would you expect that doing something that goes against what everyone else wants, would have been made easy for you? You're basically becoming your own "distro" of Windows. Of course that's hard. But the point the GP is making is that it's also not totally implausible to do, if there were any real motivation for people to pursue it. There was a real reason for people to want to "take control" of Android, and so we got LineageOS.

VRay 6y ago

> You can even choose to not install the OS update, and your old software will continue to work. You can choose to reinstall an old version of the OS, and your old software will continue to work. ?? It's possible to hack around the update, but it's a forcibly-pushed update that breaks something on your machine, and the only easy way to stop it is to go offline permanently

derefr 6y ago
Why would you expect that doing something that goes against what everyone else wants, would have been made easy for you? You're basically becoming your own "distro" of Windows. Of course that's hard. But the point the GP is making is that it's also not totally implausible to do, if there were any real motivation for people to pursue it. There was a real reason for people to want to "take control" of Android, and so we got LineageOS.