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Re:Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription... by sjs382 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @02:30PM (#50472882)
Imagine if RMS had access to Claude and wasn't activated by the need to modify printer software himself. We might not have the FSF, GNU, GPL, or anything downstream from those!
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Re:Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription... by MisterTea on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:15PM (#50473512)
He would require access to Claud's source code.
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Re:Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription... by TimTheTinker on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:36PM (#50473858)
If he were in this thread, I think he'd warn us to avoid nonfree LLMs and not to let LLMs lull us into being comfortable while we still lack software freedom.
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Re:Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription... by abirch on Thursday November 12, 2026 @04:00PM (#50474204)
The FSF people are right, the value of the software isn't the software it's the support. If you're business model involved a rundle, you're going to need a new one.
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Re:Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription... by rvz on Thursday November 12, 2026 @08:29PM (#50476938)
What is the point of "support" if the LLM can do it cheaper if not for $0?

The FSF also did not think about another freedom that is included when work becomes cheaper than free:

The freedom to not pay for your software or for support.

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