@ReneRebe I wounder if #Steinberg reacts to #Audacity modernizing the same way they did to #AVID's continued #Enshittification of #Sibelius...
Granted, #competition is good and given that #Steinberg needs to convince people to use their suite over #FLOSS is good for everyone because it forces everyone to "up their game"!
(And yes, I still hate myself for not having bought a perpetual Hobbyist License for #Eagle when #CadSoft was still an independent company. I should've paid that €125 back in 2008!)
Don't call it "#Sideloading", you #TechIlliterate!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R76VJtTDJ8
#LinusTechTips #WANshow #LMGclips #LTT #ConsumerRights #FLOSS
@innocence well, they switched to an #AssholeLicensing model, maing the reference implementation now a worse decision and put the Matrix Protocol in danger.
And yes #AGPLv3 is an asshole license as it is inherently incompatible with a shitton of #IP laws and thus (oftentimes) cannot.be complied with.
@astraluma TBH, the fact that #Autodesk was allowed to de-facto #monopolize #engineering #Software is an utter failure of #regulators like #FTC & @EUCommission !
That's due to #assholeism by the #devs & #publishers: If people refuse to play & buy that shit, they'll have to change.
I've yet to see any concrete examples for real - plus the "incompatibility" can be mitigated by converting from #OOXML to #OpenDocument.
Yes and no. Certainly #Linux support is often tied to specific #certified systems but any firm that can afford to license #Autodesk's Products can also afford to buy a Workstation like a #hp Z-series and a #RHEL subscription, because the users are far more expensive than the #Hardware and #Software they use. I'm pretty shure #LinusTechTips pays more for #cleaners or a #janitor even if both are externally subcontracted part-timers per year than for Adobe,,,
OFC the fact that Autodesk et. al. were allowed to de-facto #monopolize #EngineeringSoftware is a failure by #FTC, @EU_Commission and other #AntiCartel #MarketRegulators to intervene...
#AntiTrust regulation against #BigTech would actually be a MAJOR thing.
Comparable to what happend in the 19th/ early 20th century in the #USA.
"The #ShermanAct also makes it illegal to #monopolize, conspire to monopolize, or attempt to monopolize a #market for #products or #services."
https://www.justice.gov/atr/antitrust-laws-and-you
Even "attempt to" .. hui.
But I really, really can't see any situtation how that's gonna happen within #NeoLiberalism.
Nooo fucking way!
@jwildeboer the problem is that this ain't a real #RightToRepair bill and corporations like #Apple can literally #monopolize #repair and just choose to absurdly overcharge customers and quote i.e. the full MSRP for a new device for a screen replacement...
Personally, I think this is an effective #Downgrade because it doesn't have any #FRAND provisions to provide access to manuals, schematics, software, tools and parts including ICs...
[Video in German, quoting an independent repair shop]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3PB6hVWtYc
@Elucidating A license used to #monopolize the commercial offering of a #Software (#AsAService) whilst claiming it's #OpenSource...
Kinda like #SSPL does and also how #RedHat and #grsecurity act by basically restricting access to #OpenSource...
How #Capitalism Became a #Threat to #Democracy.
Since the 1980s, #American #capitalism has been transformed into a #winnertakesall #economy in which one or a few technologically dominant firms #monopolize each #sector at the expense of #consumers, #workers, and overall #growth.
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