But didn’t you hear? They have a NEW version now!!
We pay companies for products that we never truly own. When they mess-up, they decide what the mess-up is worth. If we mess-up and think we own their products, they can sue and put us in jail.
Submitted 1 month ago by Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
It is totally faster and has radical flames!
j4k3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It is fundamentally a theft of the autonomy, self determinism, and right to unfiltered information required for citizens in a functioning democracy. Loss of ownership is fundamentally a coup against democracy by overlords of neo feudalism.
Frame your argument as a citizen wronged by thieves and you will defeat the nonsense. Ownership of any part of your person including your digital presence to exploit and manipulate is a form of modern slavery; literally buying and selling people to manipulate and exploit them. Anything that has any potential to filter information, no matter how remote, unlikely, or illegal, is an act of treason in a real democracy when it lacks full transparency. Every digital device you use must be fully publicly documented with a publicly accessible toolchain for anyone to monitor or review. Trust as a policy is fundamentally opposed to democracy without exceptions. Trust is a trap of authoritarianism. Citizens are required to be fully informed and skeptical of all sources. For example, every mobile device made has a proprietary SoC processor and modem that are interconnected in undocumented ways. There is absolutely no way to know who or what is truly connected to these devices at any point in time. This is the real reason removable batteries no longer exist despite being more dangerous, wasteful, and an environmental disaster.
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
This is why all mobile programs have unlimited data and texting. Can’t have you going dark on us.
over_clox@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Your free trial of the Clock application has ended.
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Today you can’t start your car because you have no credits left.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This should have been legislated against years ago.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Do I have to remind you how your lucky to have a fridge! Back to work, or they will unplug your internet!
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 1 month ago
What? Whose gone to jail for thinking that they own a product they’ve bought?
And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
Bricked switches come to mind, John Deere was trying to make self-repair illegal. Can’t be long before someone decides users don’t deserve their device.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 1 month ago
would you like to come over and watch a movie at my home theatre ?
i only charge $5 for free popcorn and a comfy chair.
ignore the FBI warning at the beginning.
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Pirated movies are not something you’ve paid for.
9point6@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Gary Bowser got fucked by Nintendo for doing shit to a device he bought. Got sentenced for nearly 4 years, now owes like $15m
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 1 month ago
For selling hacking tools - not for modifying their personal device.
Geodad@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t theft.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Piracy already isn’t theft. At worst, it’s unlicensed copying. Conflating copying, where the original is not lost, to theft, where it is, should never have been done and was only ployed by the big companies to make it sound worse than it is.
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
From God’s lips, to mine ear.