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So Microsoft's policies dictate what my machine can generate? Cool, cool cool.
by ToucanLoucan 2y ago
So Microsoft's policies dictate what my machine can generate? Cool, cool cool.
- doikor 2y agoNo they dictate what their program (Paint) can generate. Nobody is forcing you to use it.
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- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoAfter they sell it it's no longer theirs. Makita can't come to me and tell me what I can and can't do with their power drill, it's mine to do what I wish. They build it and sell it but once payment has been tendered that's where their possession rights end.
- hot_gril 2y agoThey sell you a license to use the software, so you can't for instance redistribute MS Paint as your own software. But you could certainly hack it not to phone home.
- rchaud 2y agoThis is purely the choice of the vendor. Makita may not do this, but John Deere absolutely exert control over how their products are repaired and maintained.
- wilsonnb3 2y agoMicrosoft dictates what their software can generate, much in the same way they dictate what colors you can use in paint and what font sizes you can use in word. You can still generate as much porn or whatever it is you want to generate using other software.
- fallingsquirrel 2y agoIt's not the same thing. When you change the font size, Word doesn't upload your entire document to the cloud to ensure your content aligns with MS's corporate puritanical value system, freezing the entire UI for 10 seconds while it waits for approval from the Microsoft censors before finally allowing your chosen font size.
- shermantanktop 2y agoyet
- userbinator 2y agoThey're already doing stuff like this: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/04/30/microsoft-word-censoring-altering-politically-incorrect-language/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/04/30/microsoft-word-c...