SahwaDec 29

We own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less human

https://reddthat.com/post/57117305

We own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less human - Reddthat

>The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.

Show threadscripthookDec 30
I installed Lubuntu on my Microsoft Surface 2 and my custom PC from 2024 that couldn’t get upgraded to windows 11 due to lack of a tpm chip. We don’t need better hardware, we need better operating systems. We need more Linux.
Show threadgrueDec 30

We need more real Linux – GNU/Linux, with compliant copyleft licensing – not Tivoized crap like they put on TVs.

Roku OS, Amazon Fire OS, Tizen (Samsung TV OS), etc. – all technically Linux, but you wouldn’t know it because they’ve systematically butchered them to destroy everything that made Linux good (the users’ freedom).

Show threadSightlineDec 30
What’s the point of being so pedantic?, they were obviously not advocating for more Roku installs.
Show threadgrueDec 30

Because the distinction matters. The corporate raping of Linux has to stop being tolerated or else nothing is solved. The technical details of the kernel don’t actually matter; the licensing and openness is what matters. Hell, if the Windows NT kernel got magically relicensed to AGPLv3 tomorrow it would instantly become the superior option just because of that.

Linux doesn’t fucking matter. Copyleft matters.

Show threadRotheDec 30
Sigh. This kind of nonsense is why so many people get scared away from even trying linux. Who cares which distro you use, as long as it is linux it is a step in the right direction, and a whole lot of people (including myself) have taken that step very recently, despite some arrogant linux bros doing their best to gatekeep us away from even trying.
Show threadgrue
What the fuck? I said I don’t even actually care if the kernel is Linux or NT (or anything else) as long as it’s genuinely open so the user can modify it, and you somehow try to twist that as quibbling over distros?! Way to miss the point by a goddamn mile!
Dec 30 at 5:01pmWeb