Ah, the not-so-glorious days of computing freedom 🌈 where anyone could run their own questionable code at 2 AM and crash their system without a corporate overlord holding their hand 👋. Welcome to 2025, where your machine is just a fancy paperweight shackled by tech giants 🏢.
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/22/what-happened-to-running-what-you-wanted-on-your-own-machine/ #computingfreedom #techgiants #nostalgia #codecrashing #digitalindependence #2025vision #HackerNews #ngated
What Happened To Running What You Wanted On Your Own Machine?

When the microcomputer first landed in homes some forty years ago, it came with a simple freedom—you could run whatever software you could get your hands on. Floppy disk from a friend? Pop it in. S…

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