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Enjoy owning your devices while you still can. (uk.pcmag.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.wtf/post/49143200

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/71629767

This is unacceptable. And I’m sick of all the fucking workarounds to maintain basic privacy.

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[–] neotheone@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Stallman calls this “Service as a Software Substitute” (SaaSS): users operate weak “thin clients” while the real computing happens on someone else’s server. He argues this creates dependence and oppression because users cannot control, inspect, modify, or reliably access the software handling their data. He develops this argument in “What Does That Server Really Serve?” (2010).

[–] natecox@programming.dev 2 points 9 hours ago

Fuck RMS.