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Fossbros keep insisting that fully libre software stacks will outcompete megacorp crap in a "free market". Sorry but Gabe Newell doesn't give a single fuck and Steam will be closed shit fuckware forever. Get screwed over.

When you look at devices running fully libre software stacks (by OSI/FSF definitions) they are boutique computer resellers that could never and will never scale to meet any kind of wider demand.

It really shouldn't be a problem for commercial computers to ship with a minimal software suite which encourages loading a more comprehensive non-commercially licensed, and even ethical open source software stack afterwards, with a few clicks (user accepts the more specific terms of a broader OS/spin/config than what ships after purchase). It literally just can't come pre-loaded as part of the price.

But no, they'll just argue in bad faith that the next version of FBANeo will inevitably have to come bundled with DRM for enforcement because they can only think like right-libertarians or cops.

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I really hate how much fossbros take a hard stance against non-commercial software and assets. Right-libertarian weirdos just want software to be free labor for megacorps forever. I want software to be and remain open for primarily for the good of the planet and human society. These are NOT the same.

maybe the reason computers are so frustrating is somewhat due to the exploitative manufacturing practices (angry energy)

feel like the fast forwarded gif of the cat making biscuits while laying on a blahaj

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US Border agents just shot two people in Portland, Oregon today.

It's almost as if they are intentionally trying to desensitize us to their violence, to make us accept that they will kill whoever they want, whenever they want.

But if we do that, things will only get worse.

All around the country, we must flood the streets to show that we will not be intimidated. We have to build the capacity to defend our communities from the murderers and kidnappers in ICE. How we rise to this challenge will determine the future for all of us.

Smash ICE.

crimethinc.com/opsec

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my close SCP friend emotionalentropy has gotten really fucked over by their car and health insurance

they are saying its the money spent on vet bills (read for more info) but knowing em personally its their insurance that's the most problematic

em is also disabled and recently got another job ("recently" like july) it does not pay em enough to pay off this debt

please boost/share/donate! thank you

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#mutualaid #transcrowdfund

what the fuck do you mean Harvard is called that because of a guy named John Harvard. I'm living in a cartoon

"consumers aren't buying based on AI” is demonstrably untrue, because i am a consumer, and i buy based on AI. i see a product uses AI and i choose something else

I remember when Bruce Schneier had a reputable security blog and talked about exploits and botnets in detail. I stopped reading a while back (can't remember how long ago) and it has devolved into some AI policy-wonk bullshit by a white dude that doesn't even use the word "bias" anywhere. Nor actually relavant security coverage! Pathetic.

At least Krebs still actually talks about security topics so I guess I'll be going to his blog instead.

Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods

404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.

404media.co/inside-ices-tool-t

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