@macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world
Post #1750872
2026-01-13 23:06 UTC
Your computer, their software.
Replies (2)
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@tabular@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 00:16
Hardware alone is not a working computer. If you control the software running on your computer then that software is *yours* (like it's your book on your bookshelf even though another person owns the copyright). If someone else controls your computer then that erodes your ownership of it.
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@ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 2026-01-13 23:26
That you should have the option to run locally without calling back to home base without a special pass from MS.