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The emails mention students only using FOSS. And while they are the minority, their point of view is reasonable. Studying should not involve handing over one’s
by clnq 4y ago
The emails mention students only using FOSS. And while they are the minority, their point of view is reasonable. Studying should not involve handing over one’s data to MS or any other big tech corp without good reason.
- cyberpunk 4y agoYeah. I’m sure none of them have any device capable of watching Netflix or have a gmail address..
- clnq 4y agoTo me this looks like it’s about principle of not being denied education if you do not consent to big corp EULAs.
- benatkin 4y agoForeign big corp EULAs.
- totetsu 4y agoWhen I was a student last, I was using an Ubuntu laptop, and an android phone that was no longer receiving updates, so couldn't run any of the new versions of the apps required to do so many things.
- orwin 4y agoI had a Debian and a firefoxOS! Nowadays I'm a sellout and traded liberty for convenience (and deserve neither, paraphrasing Benjamin Franklin), but I used to fight the FOSS fight. My first two jobs were on Agpl/gplv3/gplv2 products!
- counttheforks 4y agoDid anyone force you to use either of those to complete your education? No? What's your point again?
- plaguepilled 4y agoHeh, ironic that a user named cyberpunk is defending the corporate default. Advocating for change is not invalidated by hypocritical details. Don't be that guy.