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0 pointspif5y ago0 comments

> I want a computer that I own

No, you don't. Or, at least, you didn't want it enough for too long enough!

Each time you sent your friend a document which was not formatted in an open standard, you didn't want a computer that you owned.

Each time you accepted DRM in order to access some nice content, you didn't want a computer that you owned.

Each time you run a program or, God forbids, an OS which you didn't have the source code of, you didn't want a computer that you owned.

Each time you accepted to be target by advertisers as a way to enjoy a "free" service, you didn't want a computer that you owned.

Industry gave you what you wanted. Industry gives you what you still want.

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pnt125y ago

First, you're mixing population with the author. He wants his own private computer, maybe the global population doesn't.

Second,participating in a ubiquous system does not mean you support a part or all of it. If I buy chicken from the supermarket, that does not mean I support all the atrocities in chicken farms. I could avoid buying chicken and going vegan, but then the same argument can be made for pretty much any other industry. Someone is getting screwed either way, doesn't mean I like it.

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