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Re:iPhone 7 with dead NAND netbooting unmodified Ubuntu 20.0... by spijdar on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:23PM (#25734795)
I agree -- I meant it in contrast with smartphones, where it's seen as totally normal to have no escape hatch to run your own software.

Most "normal" people see that a coffeemaker putting "DRM" on your coffee is ridiculous, but that outrage never really extended to digital devices for some reason.

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Re:iPhone 7 with dead NAND netbooting unmodified Ubuntu 20.0... by dTal on Monday January 11, 2021 @03:30PM (#25736161)
>for some reason

Ignorance. If people had no real idea how coffee was made either, you wouldn't see much outcry over locked-down coffee pods either. "You want to grind your own beans? What an eccentric nerd! My coffee maker works perfectly with the manufacturer pods, why would I ever switch?"

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Re:iPhone 7 with dead NAND netbooting unmodified Ubuntu 20.0... by vladvasiliu on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:03AM (#25743370)
I think that most common apps nowadays being "free" contributes to this. "How can there be an Apple tax if the app is free?"

Whereas the coffee is something they can buy at other shops, and it's pretty easy to compare.

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