Post #1320267
2025-08-30 03:17 UTC
@leeloo @StaticR @lianna again, take the example of George Hotz, who in high school back in 2007 “siMply waNTEd TO modifY SoFtWARe thaT He ownED On hIS IPhonE” and then oops!
somehow a multi-billion exclusivity deal that AT&T paid for with real money lost tons of value.
yea boo hoo, I get it. nothing of real value lost.
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@jazaval@mastodon.social 2025-08-30 03:17
@leeloo @StaticR @lianna but don’t try to naively defend software modification like it’s “writing in the margins of a novel” or “updating my engine timing”, because it’s *just not*. the scale of ramifications gives real merit to the basis for special legal consideration.