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Do you actually own anything digital? (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Do you actually own anything digital?::From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you own a physical object and it has an internet connection than you don't actually own it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I guess I didn't buy my phone or my laptop then?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You did, but you are the product

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How am I the product when I bought it outright and installed Linux before ever booting it up?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Congratulations, then you aren't. On another note, how does Linux on a phone look like? I thought Ubuntu touch was still pretty far from daily-drive capability.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Ah I was just referring to my laptop there. I do still use Android, but with LineageOS instead of my device's stock image.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

what are they gonna do? shut down my CPU or something using the internet?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Custom Android ROM? Linux? That's just not true. Especially considering entirely FOSS devices i.e. System76.