Post #2556172
2025-10-27 15:32 UTC
@nickapos@mastodon.oncrete.uk @f_beaudet@cosocial.ca I'm curious when that started to happen? I've been a Linux user since 1995 and have only recently *heard* of "software subscriptions" via threads like this.
It sounds like you basically can't do anything without an internet connection.
If so, at what point is your computer no longer a computer but just a network appliance for using cloud stuff?
I'll admit I've not installed an email client in years and use gmail in a browser, but that's as close as I get to all that.
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@nickapos@mastodon.oncrete.uk 2025-10-27 20:41
@stevenaleach@sigmoid.social @f_beaudet@cosocial.ca Well most Linux distributions are subscription free even though some are pushing their users to opt in to some kind of subscription such as the Ubuntu extended security updates. But I think nothing can be compared with the absolute shitshow that is Microsoft.