@Harry_h0udini @linux please try to explain better. How did you try to access your hard drive? What happened when you tried it?
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@conciselyverbose @Rhabuko @theshatterstone54 @BearPear they would argue that everything your machine does is with your consent - it's your machine, after all and you chose to execute the spyware
@pjhenry1216 @MagneticFusion @eskimofry Nonetheless, the air you breathe WILL be sold by a corporation, and your comment will appear silly in that context. Corporations don't go away just because you stop interacting with them - blanket refusal to interact mostly just handicaps yourself.
@Doug I want to know: Does the number of eggs he has for sale change YOUR answer?
If not, then what is the difference between you (with five eggs) and Nintendo (with five million eggs)?
@Doug This concern has no bearing on what happens downstream of you. The question is whether you can lock your product to gather more money to pay your bills with, and whether the person who consumes your product can unlock it meaning you don't get as much money but they get an unlocked product.
@Doug the right of a provider of a thing to lock it down vs the right of a consumer of a thing to unlock it
@Doug would you like to play at a handicap against the rich? Or are you willing to copy their tactics and play even?
@Harry_h0udini @privacy a guess: only in the same way every other app does - they ALL buy ads from these ad providers, which ALL track the contexts where their ads appear and link them to your profile and then serve ads related to your profile