Who is surprised?

  • helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    2 months ago

    If you cant uninstall the software, it isnt your computer. If you tell it to do something and it says no, it is not your computer.

    I dont understand why people tolerate anything else. Its maddening.

    • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      Because they make it easy and do a few cool things.

      “Do you want a mic in your home that can record everything you say and do and send that data off to wherever the company chooses?”

      “No of course not.”

      “What about of it will also turn your lights on and off and play despacito on demand?”

      “You son of a bitch, sign me up”.

      • njordomir@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        This is also the reason why typing on the TV is so bad and the remote has a huge microphone button on it.

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      2 months ago

      Microsoft also wants to use 50 gigabytes of your hard drive space (for the Recall snapshots) and make you buy AI co-processors or their software won’t work. They want to use your property to create their own Skynet.

      • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Soeaking of coprocessors…if it’s not in the cpu die, I wonder if we can just desolder the stupid AI chip.

      • AWittyUsername@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Yeah they want you to pay for the hardware to train their crappy ai, pay for the OS so you can train their crappy ai, and then also provide your data to train their crappy AI.

        And in return you get to use Windows.

    • AWittyUsername@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I agree but technology hasn’t really been “ours” for a long time. Rooting, jailbreaking, and open source is the only way to take back a modicum of control.

      • lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 months ago

        Linux in general and Arch in particular are kinda laissez-faire in that they’ll allow you to shoot yourself in the foot. Some distros may put barriers in your way, others practically hand you the gun, but at the end of the day, the gun is freely available and it’s your own foot that you’re shooting.

    • Not a replicant@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Do you tolerate the TPM/fTPM in your computer? Can you deactivate it? Can you query it? Can you tell it to do something?