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The PC revolution started with the idea that you can own a computer. Now, by your operating system choice, you don't own it nor what it runs, you don't own the
by gmuslera 10mo ago
The PC revolution started with the idea that you can own a computer. Now, by your operating system choice, you don't own it nor what it runs, you don't own the computer, and you don't own anymore the data that used to belong to you that you put there. And with your data it goes along you, eventually.
And if you decide that you must install that operating system because it runs a particular game or app, think all you are sacrificing for that as an implicit extra cost.
- doug_durham 10mo agoHmm... I own my computer and the software it runs. I license access to features that I want.
- XorNot 10mo agoThe headline post here is about a user having to exercise an incredible amount of effort to remove features they don't want but which the vendor will deliberately reinstall despite user preference.
- tkel 10mo agoYeah, this makes sense, in a world where the things sold to you are produced by profit-maximizing capitalists. If the company were instead owned by the users, such as a consumer co-operative, then its products would serve the interests of its users.
- HeavyStorm 10mo agoDefine own. Because you barely own the hardware. Everything else you are granted temporary licenses that can be revoked without warning.