Re:Is the FSF Fighting the Previous War?
by pooper on Saturday October 08, 2022 @06:54AM
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> from now on a whole host of applications will refuse to work at all
This is pretty scary. I know I close the tab and move on when I see a notice on Firefox that says something to the effect of I must enable DRM to play media on this website (paraphrasing) but what if a bank or the government says the same?
I think the answer goes back to we can't solve societal problems through technological means. We have to get involved in politics. If anything is a legal monopoly (such as taxes), it should use open protocols and be accessible through free software.
Re:Is the FSF Fighting the Previous War?
by matheusmoreira on Saturday October 08, 2022 @08:08AM
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> We have to get involved in politics.
Yeah but how can we even win in such a space? These monopolistic corporations are already involved, they spend loads of money on lobbyists in order to legitimize their abuse. How can we possibly beat that?
Except for Android phones (nominally, an open source OS), disabling the cryptographic protections results in the loss of your Safety Net status, and from now on a whole host of applications will refuse to work at all, or have reduced functionality. Make no mistake, I think this is the future of the PC.