Five Walled Gardens: Operating systems are holding browsers back [pdf]

Re:Five Walled Gardens: Operating systems are holding browse... by wlindley on Monday September 26, 2022 @03:36PM (#32987303)

Can anyone explain why any technically aware person, especially free software advocates, would willingly use, much less pay for, a computer (even one disguised as a "telephone" which it is not) that someone else controls? It beggars belief.

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Re:Five Walled Gardens: Operating systems are holding browse... by daxelrod on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:19PM (#32988587)

See Cory Doctorow's article about the feudalism of digital platforms (an expansion of Bruce Schneier's idea). The gist is that digital security and compatibility is difficult enough to keep up with that most people conclude serfdom to a platform warlord is worth it.

https://locusmag.com/2021/01/cory-doctorow-neofeudalism-and-...

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Re:Five Walled Gardens: Operating systems are holding browse... by pedro2 on Monday September 26, 2022 @03:40PM (#32987341)

Same way a farmer can’t use the techniques from a thousand years ago if he wants to stay in business?

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Re:Five Walled Gardens: Operating systems are holding browse... by bombcar on Monday September 26, 2022 @09:20PM (#32990671)

Because it works better than the other alternatives and people can’t be arsed otherwise.

This occurs time and time again.

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