L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoDo you actually own anything digital?www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square172fedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1344arrow-down1external-linkDo you actually own anything digital?www.theregister.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square172fedilinkfile-text
Do you actually own anything digital?::From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·8 months agoYou bought it but you don’t own it. The companies that made them can always decide to reach through the internet and rearrange them better to their liking
minus-squarecallyral [he/they]@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agowhat are they gonna do? shut down my CPU or something using the internet?
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoI don’t think I ever heard of it happening to a computer, but it did happen to printers: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-10755577/Printers-remotely-disabled-customer-cancels-ink-subscription.html
minus-squareKeith@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoCustom Android ROM? Linux? That’s just not true. Especially considering entirely FOSS devices i.e. System76.
You bought it but you don’t own it. The companies that made them can always decide to reach through the internet and rearrange them better to their liking
what are they gonna do? shut down my CPU or something using the internet?
I don’t think I ever heard of it happening to a computer, but it did happen to printers: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-10755577/Printers-remotely-disabled-customer-cancels-ink-subscription.html
Custom Android ROM? Linux? That’s just not true. Especially considering entirely FOSS devices i.e. System76.