The boiling frog of digital freedom
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The boiling frog of digital freedom
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Re: The boiling frog of digital freedom
#2It’s similar on the console gaming market. The first initial of PC stands for Corporate.
Luckily the single point of failure is the store, so it requires one law to fix.
Re: The boiling frog of digital freedom
#3This rather heavily begs the question what do we mean by "freedom"?
We don't mean anonymity. Acting in secret is not freedom - acting openly and not being persecuted or prosecuted is freedom.
The solution is what it is in real offline life. A regulated legal framework that allows most and limits little, a open dynamic culture that accepts diversity and constant change.
If we are worried that digital freedom will be taken from us, without anyone noticing, we should be worried about all our freedoms - and the solutions are still the same - democracy, voting, making a noise, agitating our neighbours.
" Let governments be governments"
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#4I understand the thermometer analogy but it would read much better if the post was reversed.
>2030: The market share of ARM-based Windows machines overtakes x86_64.
Yeah, they wish...
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#5> 2025: Google removes the ability to install Android apps from outside the Play store, citing security concerns.
Yeah no, would be a direct violation of DMA at that point[1]
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#6And it will keep getting worse as long as the majority of the population lack proper core values to oppose it.
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#7I understand the thermometer analogy but it would read much better if the post was reversed. >2030: The market share of ARM-based Windows machines overtakes x86_64. Yeah, they wish...
That's how I wrote it originally, but thought an upside-down thermometer would look strange. Oh well.
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#8I understand the thermometer analogy but it would read much better if the post was reversed. >2030: The market share of ARM-based Windows machines overtakes x86_64. Yeah, they wish...
I like the order of starting with preposterous things and finally arriving at present day just to realize it's just as bad.
Re: The boiling frog of digital freedom
#9This rather heavily begs the question what do we mean by "freedom"? We don't mean anonymity. Acting in secret is not freedom - acting openly and not being persecuted or prosecuted is freedom. The solution is what it is in real offline life. A regulated legal framework that allows most and limits little, a open dynamic culture that accepts diversity and constant change. If we are worried that digital freedom will be t…
It’s an important question because “digital freedom” tends to be code for “I want the Internet like how it was when I was younger”, and then throw in some stuff about jailbreaking iPhones or whatever for good measure.
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