• Auli@lemmy.ca
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      3 hours ago

      They already are? Big tech controls the internet at this point.

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      2 days ago

      Depends on what your definition of winning is. If we reach a state where it is literally impossible to run your own software without heavy hardware modification, which would exclude 99.9% of users, that would be like big tech winning in my book. That’s why right to repair is important, and we probably also need laws to prevent OEMs from disallowing the use of alternate OS.

    • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      They don’t need to make us do anything. They just need to make it too inconvenient not to.

    • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

      Gilmore’s quote was true then, it is not the current state of play.

      If you need to use banking/government/transit apps, you need to play by the rules now

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          2 hours ago

          Many things need an app. I have to use a government one for work, there is no website for it. It’s locked down and will not work on a rooted phone. That’s what I mean.

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        23 hours ago

        I must be missing something here. Can we not just use the web version of the bank interface insteadvof an app? It still works for my banking, and I don’t even have the app. I just have to put my browser into desktop mode.

          • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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            i think we are already at this point.

            its not necessarily harder, but its so annoying to do and find comprehensive information on the process.