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The principled thing to do about software you consider spyware is to not use it. Not paying for a paid product you use daily and continuously derive value from

The principled thing to do about software you consider spyware is to not use it. Not paying for a paid product you use daily and continuously derive value from is hard to justify in my view.

jhasse 5y ago
You're forced to use Windows due to multiple reasons.
- ifdefdebug 5y ago
  You're forced to drink water for much stronger reasons yet you pay for it if you don't dig up your own.
  - DrSiemer 5y ago
    Digging up and purifying your own water source is a bit more effort than installing a widely available and well documented crack
    - fenomas 5y ago
      What does that have to do with anything? I mean, it takes no effort at all to copy/paste AGPL code into a proprietary project. But you're still not supposed to do it, right?
  - 8note 5y ago
    you can get a free glass of water from bars and the like
    - DocTomoe 5y ago
      ... in the US. In most of the world, water in restaurants costs money.
      - nix23 5y ago
        In most country's the water is free in restaurant too, you pay for the drinking glass.
  - nix23 5y ago
    I most country's water is free, you pay for the infrastructure that brings it into your household and cleans it.
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- imtringued 5y ago
  I'm not forced to use Windows at home and I don't have to pay for it at work.
Bancakes 5y ago
I'd rather donate to w10privacy, ameliorated, and such windows fixing scripts.
pydry 5y ago
I dont use windows but I've still paid for multiple licenses unwillingly because it always comes preinstalled on every laptop. This is Microsofts doing. As far as Im concerned this makes pirating windows totally ethical.
antisthenes 5y ago
I did pay for a version of Windows that does not contain spyware, so I am consistent with my principles. Speaking of principles, which principle is responsible for taking a working, perfectly stable OS and releasing "updates" for it that introduce spyware? I just want to make sure we're holding companies accountable to the same degree we're holding individuals.

The principled thing to do about software you consider spyware is to not use it. Not paying for a paid product you use daily and continuously derive value from is hard to justify in my view.

jhasse 5y ago

You're forced to use Windows due to multiple reasons.

ifdefdebug 5y ago
You're forced to drink water for much stronger reasons yet you pay for it if you don't dig up your own.
- DrSiemer 5y ago
  Digging up and purifying your own water source is a bit more effort than installing a widely available and well documented crack
  - fenomas 5y ago
    What does that have to do with anything? I mean, it takes no effort at all to copy/paste AGPL code into a proprietary project. But you're still not supposed to do it, right?
- 8note 5y ago
  you can get a free glass of water from bars and the like
  - DocTomoe 5y ago
    ... in the US. In most of the world, water in restaurants costs money.
    - nix23 5y ago
      In most country's the water is free in restaurant too, you pay for the drinking glass.
- nix23 5y ago
  I most country's water is free, you pay for the infrastructure that brings it into your household and cleans it.
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imtringued 5y ago
I'm not forced to use Windows at home and I don't have to pay for it at work.

Bancakes 5y ago

I'd rather donate to w10privacy, ameliorated, and such windows fixing scripts.

pydry 5y ago

I dont use windows but I've still paid for multiple licenses unwillingly because it always comes preinstalled on every laptop. This is Microsofts doing. As far as Im concerned this makes pirating windows totally ethical.

antisthenes 5y ago

I did pay for a version of Windows that does not contain spyware, so I am consistent with my principles. Speaking of principles, which principle is responsible for taking a working, perfectly stable OS and releasing "updates" for it that introduce spyware? I just want to make sure we're holding companies accountable to the same degree we're holding individuals.