Do you actually own anything digital?
Do you actually own anything digital?
From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no
Do you actually own anything digital?::From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no
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If you own a physical object and it has an internet connection than you don't actually own it.
I guess I didn't buy my phone or my laptop then?
You did, but you are the product
How am I the product when I bought it outright and installed Linux before ever booting it up?
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.
Ah I was just referring to my laptop there. I do still use Android, but with LineageOS instead of my device's stock image.
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
what are they gonna do? shut down my CPU or something using the internet?
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
Custom Android ROM? Linux? That's just not true. Especially considering entirely FOSS devices i.e. System76.