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1. ar.al🌻 (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Jan-2019 07:38:43 EST ar.al🌻

   “Just install Linux on it” is the “just change the engine of your car” of tech.

   Not everyone is a mechanic, not everyone wants to be a mechanic, and, if we want a world where freedom is the norm, we must stop expecting everyone to become a mechanic.

   Note: this is not because these people are too dumb to be mechanics. It’s because they’re brain surgeons and space-shuttle pilots and they have three kids and they care for a loved one and they don’t have time to also be a mechanic.

   1. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Thursday, 24-Jan-2019 15:01:19 EST MMN-o ✅⃠

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      Yeah, you're right. Just like how it's perfectly fine to say "I care about the environment" and then eat meat every day. Puh-lease. Everyone can stop eating meat as well as use !fs. If not, we should all get together and make sure that organisations and civilians don't depend on proprietary technology because they "have three kids" as an excuse. Having people excuse themselves is counterproductive to the cause. Remember that essentially no tools that people depend on are older than the developers that maintain them. We've barely gone through one generation of software development - it's far too early to declare hypocrisy as justified.
      1. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Thursday, 24-Jan-2019 15:01:39 EST MMN-o ✅⃠

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         FANATIC FREE SOFTWARE RAGE