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The rise of Trusted Computing where users are considered untrusted and perhaps even criminal by default. It will only get worse: playing any kind of media with

The rise of Trusted Computing where users are considered untrusted and perhaps even criminal by default. It will only get worse: playing any kind of media with a browser and OS you dislike.

foxfluff 5y ago
Already the case with proprietary banking apps..
- deleted 5y ago
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arpa 5y ago
RMS was right all along.
- thesuperbigfrog 5y ago
  "Who controls your computer? Is it you?" "Either the user controls the software, or the software controls the users": https://youtu.be/Ag1AKIl_2GM?t=57 https://youtu.be/Ag1AKIl_2GM?t=57
- mhh__ 5y ago
  As someone very unimpressed with RMS-the-human, he is just bang on the money when it comes to software freedom. He is as right on that as he is odd as a person, I think it's a real shame (an inevitable one, but still) that the GNU concept seems to be lost on many younger programmers e.g. the GNU/Linux meme (there would be no kernel and no "Linux" without GNU, GCC, and the GPL so I have no issues giving them credit when due)
  - jhgb 5y ago
    > He is as right on that as he is odd as a person We're continuously being told that we need different people to come up with different ideas. Then the same people are unimpressed that people with unconventional ideas are unconventional. SMH.
    - mrtranscendence 5y ago
      Unconventional doesn't cut it. I'm unconventional. RMS is a creepy weirdo and frankly kind of an asshole.
      - jhgb 5y ago
        > is a creepy weirdo I'm positive we call them "autists" these days, not "creepy weirdos", just like we don't call low-IQ people "idiots" anymore, even though we did at some point.
        chc 5y ago
        "Autist" is a term (usually pejorative these days) for people on the autism spectrum, most of whom are not creepy weirdos.
        jhgb 5y ago
        Yes; objectively nobody is a creepy weirdo because it's a cheap, nebulous, meaningless term. Yet for some reason there seems to be no shortage of people using it to designate people who are just different in some way.
        mrtranscendence 5y ago
        I don’t think “creepy weirdo” is meaningless. It may not be precisely defined, but that applies to lots of things that are still meaningful. At the very least “creepy weirdo” connotes something entirely different from “genuinely pleasant dude”. It’s also not fair to say that I used it to designate someone who is “just different”. I suspect many folks would call me pretty different, but no one has ever to my knowledge called me a creepy weirdo-slash-asshole because I don’t do creepy assholish things. Finally … “autist”, really? Being on the autism spectrum does not excuse any and all behavior. There’s a social uphill battle for some folks with autism, yes, but uphill battles are a fact of life.
        5y ago
mindslight 5y ago
I can't reproduce the problem under mpv or Kodi. We've already passed the peak user experience of software bondage. Here's to hoping the next big trend is popular adoption of user-representing software.

The rise of Trusted Computing where users are considered untrusted and perhaps even criminal by default. It will only get worse: playing any kind of media with a browser and OS you dislike.

foxfluff 5y ago

Already the case with proprietary banking apps..

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arpa 5y ago

RMS was right all along.

thesuperbigfrog 5y ago
"Who controls your computer? Is it you?" "Either the user controls the software, or the software controls the users": https://youtu.be/Ag1AKIl_2GM?t=57 https://youtu.be/Ag1AKIl_2GM?t=57
mhh__ 5y ago
As someone very unimpressed with RMS-the-human, he is just bang on the money when it comes to software freedom. He is as right on that as he is odd as a person, I think it's a real shame (an inevitable one, but still) that the GNU concept seems to be lost on many younger programmers e.g. the GNU/Linux meme (there would be no kernel and no "Linux" without GNU, GCC, and the GPL so I have no issues giving them credit when due)
- jhgb 5y ago
  > He is as right on that as he is odd as a person We're continuously being told that we need different people to come up with different ideas. Then the same people are unimpressed that people with unconventional ideas are unconventional. SMH.
  - mrtranscendence 5y ago
    Unconventional doesn't cut it. I'm unconventional. RMS is a creepy weirdo and frankly kind of an asshole.
    - jhgb 5y ago
      > is a creepy weirdo I'm positive we call them "autists" these days, not "creepy weirdos", just like we don't call low-IQ people "idiots" anymore, even though we did at some point.
      - chc 5y ago
        "Autist" is a term (usually pejorative these days) for people on the autism spectrum, most of whom are not creepy weirdos.
        jhgb 5y ago
        Yes; objectively nobody is a creepy weirdo because it's a cheap, nebulous, meaningless term. Yet for some reason there seems to be no shortage of people using it to designate people who are just different in some way.
        mrtranscendence 5y ago
        I don’t think “creepy weirdo” is meaningless. It may not be precisely defined, but that applies to lots of things that are still meaningful. At the very least “creepy weirdo” connotes something entirely different from “genuinely pleasant dude”. It’s also not fair to say that I used it to designate someone who is “just different”. I suspect many folks would call me pretty different, but no one has ever to my knowledge called me a creepy weirdo-slash-asshole because I don’t do creepy assholish things. Finally … “autist”, really? Being on the autism spectrum does not excuse any and all behavior. There’s a social uphill battle for some folks with autism, yes, but uphill battles are a fact of life.
        5y ago

mindslight 5y ago

I can't reproduce the problem under mpv or Kodi. We've already passed the peak user experience of software bondage. Here's to hoping the next big trend is popular adoption of user-representing software.