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Do you actually own anything digital? (www.theregister.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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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 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Pyroglyph 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Capricorn_Geriatric 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You did, but you are the product

[–] Pyroglyph 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Capricorn_Geriatric 3 points 11 months 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.

[–] Pyroglyph 2 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] AeonFelis 2 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

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