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nostr:npub1htx6kzanfmx9xlqrhm6t9mw90zdpd6a0s6vs85en9459hnj9t74swqqrjq nostr:npub175dnsl36ehsku4af6l9afvvunf7fye6uvt7zhyquphct6w06eppsa84a9p i had a feeling that this discussion started by non technical persons. Its quite simply, open source cant be avoided nowdays and its used everywhere.

When it comes to the discussion, if proprietary systems are better than fully open source systems then certain comparison like cars can be used. Parents may remember a world where you could just take a car to any car repair shop and they could fix it. Cars nowdays are locked down and filled with technical features so that you simply need to bring a car to a certain specific repair shop because all the others dont have access to relevant informations to fix that car. Older cars could even be fixed by people themself while for never ones its nearly impossible to do so.

Ari/Calico Mew 2y ago

nostr:npub1xp9u5xtw5sx7s8z7jnjc3m44268vxm6254xdquaaup0cjwwmqezs8qamfw Our parents have very strong denial to almost all this stuff and act like it doesn't exist or that it doesn't affect them. For example, last week we tried to explain to our dad how windows 10 and 11 force updates on the user and how that bricked our BIOS (fuck you Dell and M$) but he kept trying to fight back and when we SHOWED him the auto update, he just said "nah you're just wrong"

These are the people who are trying to hold this discussion on tech with us and it ticks us off.

-Astrid

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:blobcatverified2: 2y ago

nostr:npub1htx6kzanfmx9xlqrhm6t9mw90zdpd6a0s6vs85en9459hnj9t74swqqrjq nostr:npub175dnsl36ehsku4af6l9afvvunf7fye6uvt7zhyquphct6w06eppsa84a9p Very sad story. Imho a talk with technical arguments unfortunately leads to nothing there, even if you are 100% correct. This is due to several aspects such as, one does not know it differently, lack of expertise, lack of interest in the technology itself, influence by advertising and much more.

In such cases, it can be advantageous to refer away from tech and towards to a more political view: For example Planned obsolescence.

Every person should be aware by now that certain things that are often used are built in such a way that they quickly break or became unusable after the warranty expires. For example, there are coffee machines, smartphones, laptops or many other things that are daily used.

What would happen if those things are Open Source? One could repair them easily, install a android custom rom which still gets updates, install linux on a older laptop which then still can perform most of everyday tasks fast without the need for a new device.