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> Today, the concept of “spyware” has been obsoleted because every software is spyware This is not true. Free software is not.

• krapp 1y ago
  It can be. Ubuntu is spyware according to RMS[0]. [0]https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do
  • fsflover 1y ago
    Of course, it can be, but it's so easy to fix by forking that it doesn't matter, unlike with non-free software. AFAIK Pop!_OS based on Ubuntu is not spyware. Also, Ubuntu is not free software. Only some parts of it are free.
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  • moritonal 1y ago
    Just a small caveat, that article was from 2012 (13 years ago). Things may have changed for the better or worse since then.
  • axus 1y ago
    Mmm. Every time I download an ISO image or clone a Git repository, there is a record
    • fsflover 1y ago
      So you are talking about the software running on the server.
• JohnFen 1y ago
  > Free software is not. A lot of free software is.
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  • fsflover 1y ago
    Give me examples not containing proprietary bits.
    • etothepii 1y ago
      You are disagreeing about the meaning of the word free.
      • fsflover 1y ago
        No, the definition is settled and based on the license.
    • SSLy 1y ago
      self built chromium
      • fsflover 1y ago
        This is a good example. It demonstrates that today the four freedoms may not be sufficient. Of course if you compile it yourself, you can remove the spying, but with the Google's browser it becomes harder and harder with time. Related: https://elevenfreedoms.org/freedoms/ https://elevenfreedoms.org/freedoms/