The control of the computer is getting shifted from you, who bought the computer, to the seller of the computer.

[em0nm4stodon@infosec.exchange]

The control of the computer is getting shifted from you, who bought the computer, to the seller of the computer.

This should not happen.
You should be angry about this.
You should refuse to be controlled.
You should resist.

[gruby@mas.to]

@Em0nM4stodon Debloat Windows, install Linux, choose alternatives.
Do whatever you can so that you reclaim the control over your machine.

[mikal@sfba.social]

@Em0nM4stodon

For many years now, Apple products have been the "devil I know" and I could kind of hold my nose and accept the compromises (and prices). But, damn, the compromises are piling up faster every month! I've accepted that I'm going to have to learn Linux at some point, but it's not just Linux, it's photo and video editing software, and every other app I use that I will have to relearn.

Or, maybe, I will ditch every digital everything from my life and become a hermit hanging out on the porch in the desert with my lizard and bird friends. That is sounding better all the time.

In the meantime, yeah, seize the means of computation as Cory Doctorow says. With torches, pitchforks and guillotines if necessary.

[mike805@noc.social]

@Mikal @Em0nM4stodon Apple is overwhelmingly the one that did this to the tech industry. If the iPhone had never existed we would still have:

Replaceable batteries
Headphone jacks
Ability to install software from anywhere
Unified messaging
No app stores

The rest of the industry only went that route because Apple got away with it.

I got a Black Friday laptop and went fully to Linux.

Now what do I do when my car breaks? I went car shopping in 2025 and aborted because of hostile antifeatures.