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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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[–] 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.