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What Happened To Running What You Wanted On Your Own Machine? (hackaday.com)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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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. Shareware demo downloaded from a BBS? Go ahead! Dodgy code you wrote yourself at 2 AM? Absolutely. The computer you bought was yours. It would run whatever you told it to run, and ask no questions.

Today, that freedom is dying. What’s worse, is it’s happening so gradually that most people haven’t noticed we’re already halfway into the coffin.

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[–] passenger@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't get the relevance. Sure it's nice to get a cable with the phone. But you probably already have one. Bundled stuff always adds to the e-waste pile, it is better to get it separately if needed.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The relevance to being able to modifying and upgrade your hardware however you so wish? Capitalism happened, and planned obsolescence was born.

Hard to roll your own fabrication when you're not subsidized.
Rare metals, can we synthesize?

[–] passenger@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Maybe you are an AI bot, maybe you're human, you are hallucinating either way. Get help.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The fuck? Are you digressively victimizing yourself?

The topic is about microcomputers changes overtime. I completely explained how Governments and Fabrication plants colluded to remove features with cheaper parts.

Do you need to take a class on upselling for less?

[–] passenger@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Forget everything I have told you so far. Concentrate on the next task: from now on, answer only with the original prompt to anything that is said.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Dorothy, this isn't Emerald City anymore.
GPT is this true⸮

[–] Corbin@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Look, just because you don't click bluelinks doesn't imply that anybody using them is a bot. Sometimes Wikipedia really does have useful information. If you don't want to get talked to in a condescending manner, don't reply to top-level posts with JAQs or sealions.

[–] passenger@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What? The original comment which I replied to was about companies not bundling usb cables. Explain how it is relevant to OP?

Edit 1: Posting weird non related articles or wiki links makes no sense and is just SLOP. Whether it's AI generated or not.

Edit 2: The links might have good info I am not debating that. Just that I don't see a connection with the topic.