Post #2673313
2026-05-12 11:14 UTC
@rysiek@mstdn.social
More than this, they also want it to be impossible to create software without renting all the tools from a capitalist.
They're trying to end the era of anyone being able to ship software using cheap commodity hardware and free tools.
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@clew@ecoevo.social 2026-05-12 14:56
Even nastier assumption: they’re okay with having some programmer employees who will always take the fall in lawsuits. @svavar@masto.svavar.com @rysiek@mstdn.social
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@admin@mastodon.slightlycyberpunk.com 2026-05-12 15:18
@svavar@masto.svavar.com @rysiek@mstdn.social Impossible to use without renting as well. Endlessly brittle, hard to maintain software means you need constant bugfixes, which means permanent subscription fees. Once upon a time you could buy software on a CD and keep using that same version for a decade or more. They *want* something different broken every month so you have to keep paying them to "fix" it.