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Post #1396239

2026-03-21 16:04 UTC

@benjamineskola a) we're talking about systemd and related projects that are infrastructure for basically every non microsoft/apple desktop I could recommend to newbs. b) Again the current iteration is almost minuscule, but it's the general trend towards locked down devices. The impetus of these laws is a push in the direction of the situation of mobile devices at which point you might as well say 'noone forces you to use a computer' (Also the mobile space already provides the model for how the "noone forces you" always has a 'yet' implied. Evenn without laws there is software that I *need* to access existentially important services which I could not use without a 'trusted' device; see banking software, app-only ticketing etc.). But we don't need to continue this. All I'm saying is this no big deal attitude will backfire and we absolutely need software projects asserting their opposition. (And I'm not willing to cede this field to fucking lunduke). No I don't expect everyone to take the bullet, but I expect the acknowledgement that there is indeed a choice.

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  • @benjamineskola@hachyderm.io 2026-03-21 16:07

    @einsiedlerspiel Look, I think it’s a good thing if people refuse to comply. But I don’t think that’s going to be a reasonable choice for everyone. Not everybody can afford to risk getting sued, and it’s not my place to tell them to get sued anyway. Given that, I think it’s necessary for the means to comply with the law to exist. In which case I don’t understand why so many people are throwing tantrums about someone implementing such means.

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