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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by Ntrails on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:53AM (#17414912)
> It's important for us to own our own tools, and keep the right to do with them as we wish

At no point in my life have I had any investment in linux, it's not mine. I use windows at work, I develop using .Net-y languages in visual studio.

And I get you're speaking for a different subset of developers on hn. The real ones, who believe fervently in open source etc etc. But you say "us" and I don't think you should be comfortable representing an entire cross section of the internet so blithely.

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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by AsyncAwait on Thursday June 28, 2018 @04:21AM (#17415037)
> The real ones, who believe fervently in open source etc etc

The people who really care about owning their tools, privacy etc. usually care more about the whole principle behind free/libre software, rather than merely open-source. But I think the OP was making a point that it is important for all of us to care about this, not just people who already do, because in the end, it impacts all.

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