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  • AI Didn't Break Copyright Law, It Just Exposed How Broken It Already Was

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  • Why tie it to death, why not a plain and simple 5 years?

  • Finland's Ministry of Justice is considering halting its plans to start using US-hosted cloud services

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  • What is unique to American people? I easily foresee the next Trump from any country.

    Especially if they have the same bad voting system of "pick the lesser evil". Do that enough times and you can get worse than Trump.

  • Backseat Software – Mike Swanson's Blog

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  • Everyone is at a different point in their understanding of the issue of proprietary software. Spreading good ideas is still good, perhaps better for younger people with only modern technology experience.

  • Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows

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  • Source code or perish.

  • Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

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  • I too assume the Patreon App doesn't do anything that cannot be done on their web page. I can imagine there are good dev reasons but also bad incentives to make it an app.

    I am biased against Apple as I like being the one in control of my hardware/software.. but is it a stretch to say Apple influence their users to use apps instead of web pages (so they can rent-seek a cut)?

  • Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

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  • Sadly the fallout is usually on everyone - eventually companies will copy a shady practice as it's been shown they can get away with it until no other option exists. It falls on the technologically literate to call out when others are being mistreated or they can suffer too.

  • Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

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  • Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

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  • Maybe it offers something better than on whatever web browser Apple mandates, or maybe no reason but user preference.

  • Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

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  • An app you can only get via the Apple store, mandated by Apple?

  • OnePlus will allow downgrades (Edited to be less clickbaity)

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  • I don't own the phone if the manufacturer controls what firmware low level software I can use on it. Preventing theft by never selling it properly in the first place!

  • France will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officials

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  • Hope it's public code if it's paid with public money! Replacing it with proprietary software would be leaving one abusive relationship straight into another.

  • An alternative decentralized internet for sharing text and media: The Gemini Protocol

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  • Seperating the modern web browser into discrete parts and each doing them well seems to be the only logically answer to me. (If ignoring the task of convincing the general public to do anything in their best interests). We already have dedicated video/music player software on our OSs.

  • An alternative decentralized internet for sharing text and media: The Gemini Protocol

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  • can work on any web browser

    Gemini can have competition of browsers: it's feasible for one person to create a Gemini client completely, correctly and securely.

    There are only ~2 web browsers left and making a new one at all is near impossible (forks with minor size changes are great n' all but not meaningful enough to stop Google basically being in control).

  • Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch

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  • To use Windows without a Microsoft account requires tech literacy these days, I thought. I would not be suprised if users didn't choose to sync with a MS account but it's doing it anyway, if that's what MS want.

  • Google Denies AI Shopping Will Hike Prices — Critics Warn Users May Lose Control

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  • "Enhance users choice". Even if I assumed good intentions, what the hell is a chatbot going to do??

  • Microsoft may soon allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot

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  • Hardware alone is not a working computer. If you control the software running on your computer then that software is yours (like it's your book on your bookshelf even though another person owns the copyright). If someone else controls your computer then that erodes your ownership of it.

  • Microsoft may soon allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot

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  • May allow

    The benevolence! Your own computer can do whatever you want it to.. if MS agrees to it.

  • Why the PS5 ROM Leak Could be a Turning Point for Console Security

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  • I'd rather pay more money for a freer system but that option isn't offered. Either I'm too niche or locking users down is more valuable than raw sales profit (or both).

    I've not bought a console since they got internet and needed updates. Been Windows-free for a while too.

  • Chinese semiconductor outfit has Linux MPP repository on Github disabled after a DMCA takedown request & FFmpeg team accuses it of using libavcodec code without attribution | Tom's Hardware

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  • Usually they only comply by suing them, after nagging them for years..