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Windows is not free as in freedom (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Fuck Micro$oft

It's time to switch to Linux! Because it's free as in freedom.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Open absolutely cannot mean a lot of things, and there is no possible legitimate definition of open that could ever in any context be used to describe Windows, with the sole exception of "open to bad actors".

It's a locked down, restrictive, broken pile of shit.