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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by vrighter on Monday November 10, 2025 @09:20AM (#45876280)
But sony, microsoft and nintendo all heavily restrict what you can use their computer for, and what software you can run on it.

This is not a free-market issue. Yes, I am still free to buy another device. But if all device makers heavily restrict access, then this is a bunch of feel-good nonsense.

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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by cestith on Monday November 10, 2025 @10:48AM (#45877061)
It is a free market issue, because when an oligopsony controls what can be bought and sold you don’t have a free market. These hardware vendors are controlling the market for software for their devices, and buyers are not free to make their own decisions about hardware they purportedly own.
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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by anikom15 on Monday November 10, 2025 @10:04AM (#45876649)
You are also free to alter the device in any way you want as long as it doesn’t start emitting radio waves.
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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by vrighter on Monday November 10, 2025 @10:26AM (#45876872)
Modifying the hardware != running the software I want on the hardware I own.

So yes, your last statement is correct, but utterly irrelevant to this discussion.

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