
If you could have nothing but pure intentions… that’s still a bad way to go about getting users to update. Users choose to not update to avoid getting fucked by Microslop.
I mention software freedom whenever I can.
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If you could have nothing but pure intentions… that’s still a bad way to go about getting users to update. Users choose to not update to avoid getting fucked by Microslop.

We need to be the one in control of our computing for it to be ‘our’ computer, instead of Microsoft’s. That requires being able to change what it does via the source code, and sharing those changes with others. Windows is proprietary, no source code and it’s illegal to share it - it can never be ‘your’ computer like that.

Why did the hotel need over 360 accounts?
Joke

“Could be used to (…) facilitate unlawful assemblies during internet shutdowns”
internet shutdowns
“Are we the baddies?”

Would you want the phone back after it’s been in their hands? I wouldn’t trust them to leave it alone.

The alternative being… not paying and still getting it, Nintendo??
Or would you rather no one buy or play games from you? I stopped a long time ago.

Whose TV is it?
LG’s or the resident?

Move it out of core and into an optional extention.
Of course if the code base respected user’s software freedom then others can maintain in your place.
If one insists on only using open source software then bad changes can be removed by another dev.