Re:Cricut Wants Users to Pay for Unlimited Use of Cutting Ma...
by ddingus on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @06:34PM
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The path to solidarity is when we realize all of those ways have a time, place, manner where they are right, or good, or can be tolerated.
This is not about "the one, right way" at all.
It is all about what makes good sense for humans and that it continues over a longer period of time.
And many of these things are not exclusive.
Smooth does not have to mean closed.
Free with ADS does not have to also mean no privacy.
Etc...
Open, in the Stallman sense, is not always important. Open data vs open code, and machines, who owns, what is actually a rental, etc... can be resolved to something more livable without being draconian, or useless.
This is not about "the one, right way" at all.
It is all about what makes good sense for humans and that it continues over a longer period of time.
And many of these things are not exclusive.
Smooth does not have to mean closed.
Free with ADS does not have to also mean no privacy.
Etc...
Open, in the Stallman sense, is not always important. Open data vs open code, and machines, who owns, what is actually a rental, etc... can be resolved to something more livable without being draconian, or useless.