Originally posted by mulenmar
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There is no such thing as freedom. It's a hippy slogan as there are only choices. So as I wrote already a system that 'forces' on you idea of freedom doesn't give you one.
and to ensure that if you DO install proprietary, barely-debugable, unfixable crap on your machine, you did so because you were knowledgeable about the risks involved and made a fully-informed decision to do so...and weren't bamboozled* into installing or using it.
If you decided to spend money on something without doing your research first, that's your own failure as a consumer. If you decide to stroke your ego instead of working to change things to be less locked-in, anti-consumer-rights, and anti-innovation, that's your own failure as a human being. Don't waste everyone's time with willful ignorance just to fit in with the herd mentality...or to troll poorly, for that matter.
* for values of "bamboozled" wherein the user is only given a brief, incomplete explanation. Or is just too stupid to bother researching further.
* for values of "bamboozled" wherein the user is only given a brief, incomplete explanation. Or is just too stupid to bother researching further.
And I don't strike my ego. I'm just to old for that.
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