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Re:Y Combinator Urges the White House to Support Europe's Di... by SoftTalker on Friday March 14, 2025 @01:48AM (#43359942)
> It almost feels like what happened with home computers was an accident, a circumstance that was only temporary and that once it is finally taken away we'll never get it back.

Home computers gave full control to the owners because there was no other choice. There was no internet, no way to push updates or hoover up data. Anything that happened on those machines had to be initiated by the user. They have been working on pulling all that back ever since always-on internet has become something that can basically be taken for granted.

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Re:Y Combinator Urges the White House to Support Europe's Di... by jdiez17 on Friday March 14, 2025 @05:41AM (#43360981)
And thankfully a lot of people realize that’s utter bullshit and are taking measures to fight off further enshittification. I’m not a nationalist but things like the GDPR and DMA make me proud to be European.
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