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That’s the trick. We don’t own the devices. We merely license their use. No root, no ownership. People have been warning of this outcome for years and years. S
by thewebguyd 1y ago
That’s the trick. We don’t own the devices. We merely license their use. No root, no ownership.
People have been warning of this outcome for years and years. Stallman was right and all that. We got laughed out of the room and called paranoid weirdos.
Ever since smartphones were a thing it’s been obvious that this is where we were heading.
- jama211 1y agoI mean, arguably you don’t have ownership over anything without a legal right which is enforced by a government etc, and every item has exceptions. You think you own a house, but see how long that lasts if you stop paying land taxes. You only own a car as long as you don’t damage someone else’s car without insurance and it gets repossessed. These are stupid examples so don’t read too deeply into them, but it sorta outlines my point that licensing the use of things is very often as close as we get to owning just about anything. Not saying that’s good or bad, just that that’s kinda how it works.