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Re:Signal to leave Sweden if backdoor law passes by skybrian on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @10:43AM (#43173355)
Rights are of limited use if there's no practical way to exercise them. Hiring a software developer to change an OS or an app is rarely a practical option for most consumers.
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Re:Signal to leave Sweden if backdoor law passes by Ajedi32 on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @11:01AM (#43173577)
Correct. It's not practical because those apps usually aren't Free Software and because the hardware or firmware they're running on often aren't Free and include anti-features that prevent you from installing Free alternatives.

If they were Free, users wouldn't necessarily even need to hire a developer to change their app or OS; those changes would most likely already exist in some form somewhere and the user could simply purchase the modified version.

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Re:Signal to leave Sweden if backdoor law passes by blueflow on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @10:49AM (#43173430)
You can install Linuxor a custom ROM. And if the manufacturer has DRM like SecureBoot in place to prohibit that, you can file for damages and basically get the device for free.
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