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another day, another example of why we must all vigorously reject the campaign to stop users from installing software on their computers. stallman was right!
by jaykru 1y ago
another day, another example of why we must all vigorously reject the campaign to stop users from installing software on their computers. stallman was right!
- JKCalhoun 1y agoNot to refute your point, but a trivial enough thing to create as a web site. I'm guessing that will come next (if one doesn't already exist).
- xp84 1y agoIndeed, not sure why it wasn’t a website already!
- lenkite 1y agoI guess the developers will need to learn HTML+CSS and self host this app on a Russian server. Will be good to showcase the freedom of the web! I am going to use this news to hit every lemming in the face - those who claim corpo-controlled walled gardens are good for you and grandma.
- james_marks 1y agoI’m not sure who you’re expecting to convert. Most people- thinking of people like my parents- think any app that hinders police must be a bad thing. The idea that something like ICEBlock is benevolent and doesn’t make the user a criminal by association just doesn’t register.
- gottorf 1y agoSurely an app designed to help circumvent the law is a bad thing, even if it doesn't make one legally a criminal merely by association?
- jjj123 1y agoWhy is that a bad thing? Was the Underground Railroad a bad thing?
- gottorf 1y agoIn a society with rule of law, it is generally understood that adhering to laws, even ones you don't personally like, is a good thing; and that it would be a bad thing to pick and choose which laws to follow and enforce. I suppose you're making the argument that current US immigration law is unjust and immoral to begin with and therefore should be actively circumvented?
- JoshTriplett 1y agohttps://xkcd.com/3081/ https://xkcd.com/3081/ Immigration is a veneer around "grab whoever we want with no due process".
- mindslight 1y ago> In a society with rule of law We no longer have a society with the rule of law. The fish rots from the head. You can thank everyone who voted for the wanton criminal promising everything yet nothing but destruction, now creating cruel spectacle after cruel spectacle to distract from the fundamental fact that he should be in prison. And additionally his enablers in Congress and on the Supreme Council who've decided that our Constitution is worth less than toilet paper.
- james_marks 1y agoIn the norms of its time, I am sure many thought it was a bad thing. Slave owners, certainly. It’s only looking at it through today’s drastically different norms that it’s an obviously good thing.
- array_key_first 1y agoDepends on the law and how it's enforced. You could argue the current status-quo is law breaking by law enforcement, so circumventing them is enforcing the law.
- Pesthuf 1y agoThen the government will just force ISP DNS not to answer queries for the domain. That's how easy you can block 99% of users, which is good enough. And eventually, when all our hardware is runs-software-and-settings-signed-by-approved-entity-only, that last 1% can't do anything about it either.
- drnick1 1y agoAren't mobile apps more or less already HTML+CSS? A basic website should be easier to write and maintain than any app, because you don't have to maintain both the server and the client.
- nsxwolf 1y ago[flagged]