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Re:I've never felt less in control of my own hardware by ryandrake on Friday February 16, 2018 @05:55PM (#16397305)
This is a good point too. There are people unaware of the better way! The world is coming, where one day there won't be anyone left alive who remembers things like:

1. Software that would work, un-modified, for decades.

2. Software that worked without access to some back-end.

3. Software that didn't require permission from a third party to run.

4. Software that didn't collect personal data from users.

5. Having root/admin access to your own computer/devices.

We can still prevent this from coming true, but it's going to happen if nobody pushes back on these practices.

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Re:I've never felt less in control of my own hardware by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Friday February 16, 2018 @09:47PM (#16398608)
There is no money in selling software apart from a service these days. Part of it is due to the open source movement and expectation that the software is free while you pay for support/services. Software as an entity that you buy apart from a service has been devalued.
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