Freedom and security issues on x86 platforms

Post by jensen123 » Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 6:40 PM UTC

cesarb wrote: post #280

jensen123 wrote: post #261

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I wish the FSF was a bit more nuanced. For example, if DRM causes ordinary computers to come with proprietary code that is impossible to remove, then that is bad indeed. Then you no longer control your own computer. The same computer that you might use for political activities, for example. On the other hand, if entertainment computers, such as blu-ray players or gaming consoles are locked-down and full of DRM, then…

How long will "entertainment computers, such as blu-ray players or gaming consoles" remain separate from ordinary general-purpose computers?

I suppose they can remain separate forever. I'm certainly ok with owning a separate computer for games and movies.

Post by jensen123 » Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 6:43 PM UTC

616c wrote: post #272

jensen123 wrote: post #261

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish the FSF was a bit more nuanced. For example, if DRM causes ordinary computers to come with proprietary code that is impossible to remove, then that is bad indeed. Then you no longer control your own computer. The same computer that you might use for political activities, for example. On the other hand, if entertainment computers, such as blu-ray players or gaming consoles are locked-down and full of DRM, then…

Disclosure: I became a member days ago, and did not want to mention it. Reading this article made me super proud to have chosen to fork the cash over before reading this crap as it gets worse all the time. At the end of the day, I want a hardliner in this space pushing that line because I know, practically, he cannot win. But if consensus is drawn between him and the other extremes I find distasteful, I want him to p…

I totally agree with you that many corporations seem rather greedy. I wish those corporations were more nuanced, too. For example, I don't mind if Intel and AMD make locked down CPU and GPUs for entertainment computers, but it would have been nice if they also made some open CPUs and GPUs.

I wonder if this greed will be profitable for them in the long run? Obviously, most people don't care whether their hardware is open or not. However, a tiny minority of (very) computer literate users do care (a lot). Will it have any impact if this tiny minority abandons the x86 platform?

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