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Originally Posted by Tishabet
HardDrive, you've mistaken this "I am the victim of big tech" thread for a "solve a problem for OP" thread. I mean, switch operating system? "The other options are worse!" And anyway every OS in existence is still going to have to have a web browser that cannot escape "Google Javascript" so what's the use? Don't forget about computers and their cozy relationship with big magnet.
And lest we forget john70t's background on the subject of tech (seriously, use the search functionality... I'm barely scratching the surface here) tech companies are in cahoots with... |
Oh Tishbet, you've gone so far above your duties.
It's almost like you have been writing all my words for me....
(also known as "poisoning the well" or "ad-hominen")
Only the first part in bold actually applies to this particular complaint. And the complaint is valid.
I bought an operating system.
Not a social network.
The closest analogy would be buying a house, but then the previous owner sticks a freeway billboard in the front yard.
Or imagine if this spilled over into other forms of electronics and retention of 'manufacturer rights' to alter a purchased device and a legal contract long after the fact. You drive your kid to school and try to have a conversation, but then the radio decides to turn on by itself to announce a message "too important to miss".
edit: A third one. The car won't even start until some poll/essential test/registration/etc process is completed. I'm sorry Dave I can't do that
( Let's keep this on subject shall we.)