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Re:Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Win... by Mithaldu on Monday June 27, 2016 @07:44PM (#11990413)
> Toyota doesn't get to come to your house and tow your Corolla away when they think you ought to move on. You get to decide that: it's your car, and it's your choice.

Depends on where you live. In Germany TÜV has to regularly check your car for complying with street regulations, and if it doesn't pass, you don't get to drive it.

The only way to keep it is to keep it of the roads, and there's a nice :caranalogy: to keeping your insecure-via-age OS by keeping it offline.

Re:Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Win... by marssaxman on Monday June 27, 2016 @11:17PM (#11991255)
That might well be a reasonable way to regulate the use of computing machines. I am not rejecting the idea of collective responsiblity! But Microsoft cannot grant themselves such governmental powers just by wishing to have them. If such a collective decision about safety and liability were to arise, it would have to be established democratically.