• MehBlah@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Came here to say something like this. Its clear that we will not get anything that benefits the real citizens.

  • DFX4509B@lemmy.org
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    20 hours ago

    Good thing the end of Windows support isn’t the end of the story for PC at least.

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        8 hours ago

        When was the last time you used a desktop?

        For most people, their smartphone is their computer, and (globally) Android is the top used one. Android is a version of Linux, so every year for quite a while has been the Year of the Linux “desktop”.

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          I use a desktop all day, every day (Arch, btw) because I work a tech job.

          Android is based on Linux, true but it is hardly a desktop environment (and is mostly controlled by the carrier/Google from a privacy/enshittification perspective).

          I think the Steamdeck is a better example. It’s converting console gamers into Linux desktop users and showing people that Linux gaming is very much possible.

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      The problem is that many companies can’t do that as they can’t give you their custom server code. The only solution here would be to change design from the beginning so that devices can work without servers and are also so secure that they don’t need security updates

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        That is the point: The pure threat of being forced to open that code could shift the business model to not have proprietary server / cloud code at all.

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      Too risky. Who knows what’s hiding in their code. Might be some copylefted library or a piece of code that’s been copy-pasted into the project without fully complying with the copyleft requirements. Making sure this isn’t the case and/or cleaning up an abandoned project can be costly and complicated. Easier for them to just kill it.

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    1 day ago

    I’ve learned from my mistakes with Google IoT. Unless I can host things myself, preferably even before the product inevitably dies, i’m not even considering it

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    The best weapon we have against these parasites of open source and self hosting.

    Don’t feed your enemy with funds.

    Deny the parasite profit and engagement

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    Most IoT devices that died did so because the vendor went out of business and had to shut off the servers. Most lived in hope that a last minute investment would keep them afloat. In a few other cases, it was the middleware software provider (like Google IoT) that shut down and bricked a device.

    This legislation might apply to a big company that decides to discontinue a product line and could then send notices out, but most startups won’t know (or admit defeat) till the last possible moment. By then it’s too late.