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I love Linux, but if 90% of the US were on Linux the same commercial / political pressures would apply and Linux would just look like Android or ChromeOS. Can y
by everdrive 1y ago
I love Linux, but if 90% of the US were on Linux the same commercial / political pressures would apply and Linux would just look like Android or ChromeOS. Can you run an alternate OS on your smartphone? Yes, but you can't run your banking app. Linux alone cannot save us.
- pizlonator 1y agoBut I don't want to run a banking "app" on my computer. I am happy to use a browser on my computer to log into my bank's website.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y agoIf nobody participates in government, the banks and entertainment industry will get whatever they want, which is to lock down your computer into a portable kiosk
- pizlonator 1y agobut is Android locking down something because government?
- fragmede 1y agoWhat do you think happens behind closed doors at the WTO, Davros, TED anywhere immensely powerful meet up to discuss the world's future outside the view of prying eyes?
- undeveloper 1y agowhy the hell would the entertainment industry gaf about what i do with my computer? moments away form complaining about jews
- noir_lord 1y ago> why the hell would the entertainment industry gaf about what i do with my computer? Piracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widevine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widevine They can't stop it, likely never will but they do keep fighting it.