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Windows is not free as in freedom (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by trespasser69 to c/technology
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Fuck Micro$oft

It's time to switch to Linux! Because it's free as in freedom.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

https://www.threads.net/@pureinfotech/post/DCzbB-jJvfD/thoughts-anyone-is-windows-the-most-open-operating-system-is-there-any-linux-use

[–] Zak 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is marketing puffery. It's an imprecise claim about the product's goodness that cannot be objectively tested.

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

I see a very high inflation of the word "puffery* in the recent times ;D

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Duh

(I know, you watched a recent WAN show and just wanted to brag with the word puffery)

[–] Zak 6 points 2 months ago

I hadn't heard of the WAN show before this comment. I learned about puffery as a kid when my parents were shopping for a car and I was very excited to inform them I had just heard on the radio that a specific dealership was the best.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

that specifically says open, not free. it is marketing buzzword you can project really anything into.

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

It doesn't resemble open in any legitimate interpretation of the word, though.

Even if you hack your way to a tolerable experience, they can and will randomly revert changes you make on a whim.

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

we are slowly drifting away from the original point...

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

We're not. The point is that Microsoft is lying and pretending Windows isn't a locked down pile of shit.

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

we are. "open" can mean lot of things, and the original post was not about open, it was about free. no one has to be convinced windows are not free, it is as surprising as the fact people don't fuck for love in brothel.

if anything, this is far more funny:

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Open absolutely cannot mean a lot of things, and there is no possible legitimate definition of open that could ever in any context be used to describe Windows, with the sole exception of "open to bad actors".

It's a locked down, restrictive, broken pile of shit.