They wanted to make Free Software illegal and have all computers approved by the government.

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• wavebeam@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How would this even work? What is a “computer” in the definition of this law? Gun nuts like to say that if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. But if you outlaw computers… everyone will be an outlaw. your fucking microwave is a computer. In Corey’s book he restates many times that basically every computer we have is a Turing complete von Neumann machine, or rather all computers can run all software and the only limitations are those imposed by the software licenses…and time, really. I just don’t see how you could feasible restrict the use of all the computers already on the market. My PS2’s can run Linux and send emails… radio transmissions are easy to set up with point to point contact and encrypted messaging. It’s just an insanely stupid thing to attempt. I feel the same about the age verification at the OS layer thing. Maybe you can get Apple, Microsoft, and Google to put it in their OSes, but anyone with a Linux device or a VM will be able to avoid it very easily. It’s silly.

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  • ozoned@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Cory was talking about years ago. The FSF helped prevent it, but this is the kind of meetings Microsoft is willing to have to lock down systems. I think the rest of the world is now aware of US Big Tech and hopefully will steer clear. But yeah, we almost were in deep trouble.

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    • 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We are still in big trouble.

      • AI datacenters. Buy up all the commodity parts, put consumer companies out of business by promising that AI shall become a more lucrative market than consumer computing could ever be. Users have to turn to cloud services, which all content produced is run though AI to gauge who you are and what you think. You rent it from them.
      • enshittification of OSes. AI scanning in every crevice. Cloud saving even when you don’t want it.
      • devices are all cloud connected now and IoT is just spyware. From TVs to dishwashers;; and you never know what might have a microphone.
      • ”Save the children” age checks; but in reality you have to scan your face to ID yourself. Now they have a facial recognition profile from an up close view, linked with your name age and location, correlated with whatever other data originated from your local IP.

      We didn’t dodge the bullet, we just got shot.

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    • wavebeam@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I get that, I just struggle to understand how this really could play out in a functional manner.

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  • Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Every kitchen knife is a weapon.

    You can make a law that you’re only allowed to modify your devices under certain condition.

    This law doesn’t even need to be uniformly enforced. See the drug market. Millions of people do drugs even though it’s illegal. This provides a convenient way to oppress and silence people.

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  • hypna@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Apple, Microsoft, and Google account for roughly 95% of all human user systems.

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    • wavebeam@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes. But does that satisfy this law? Is the Linux server that runs all the AWS nodes also required to be compliant? Or do you just get a free pass if you run Linux? Wouldn’t that incentivize anyone interested in porn to switch to Linux and undermine the hold those companies have on the personal computing market?

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• SirMaple__@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Amen.

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• Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My work computer right now is a fucking glorified email machine. So you now want companies to subscribe to an OS. No thanks I’ll take my linux machine and be satisfied

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  • Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If your Linux isn’t certified, you will break the law by connecting it to the internet.

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    • Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ಠ_ಠ what are you a cop?

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• mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Neat clipper tool!

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  • ozoned@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A member of my community made it! :) BlenderDumbass is pretty awesome like that! :)

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