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Re:Tech Veganism by type0 on Friday May 31, 2019 @02:29PM (#20063666)
> where the executive director of the Software Freedom Conservancy admits to having proprietary software embedded inside her body, because that was the only option for a defibrillator. She advocates open-source software, and yet despite her best efforts, she’s a closed-source cyborg!

Ignorance is a bliss, so I'm sure she would have felt better not being aware of the issues.

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Re:Tech Veganism by deogeo on Friday May 31, 2019 @03:00PM (#20063960)
> She advocates open-source software, and yet despite her best efforts, she’s a closed-source cyborg!

What a hypocrite. If she truly believed in free software, she would tear out her defibrillator and die. /s

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Re:Tech Veganism by silversconfused on Friday May 31, 2019 @07:47PM (#20066115)
Having no free options is a sad state to be made aware of, but without such awareness no action could be taken to correct it.
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