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So, who's computer is it REALLY when you can't make settings/decisions about the computer you bought? When some other entity, manufacturer included, is making d
by pierat 3y ago
So, who's computer is it REALLY when you can't make settings/decisions about the computer you bought? When some other entity, manufacturer included, is making decisions you cant change or reverse, sounds like they retain real ownership.
Its high time for the FTC to start busting fraudulent rentals misrepresented as a "sale".
(And anybody viewing the Apple ecosystem KNEW this anti-owner lockdown phone shit would eventually hit their laptop and desktop computers as well. But for some reason, the Apple fanatics are OK with this stuff. )
- donatj 3y agoYou own the hardware. You license the software. That relationship is pretty clear.
- pierat 3y agoAnd there's your problem right there. Intellectual property rights (copyright, trademark, patent) should NOT dilute or devalue or remove inherent ownership from property rights. And "license" presented after the purchase fact should make that the equivalent of toilet paper. It's a "license" after they have your money and over a barrel. There's no agreeing to that. At at least the Europeans with the GDPR realize that farcical situation and illegalized it appropriately. "Agree or turn your $X000 device you paid for into a paperweight" is no agreement.