Companies will eventually begin renting hardware so users don't own hardware.
Make it as hard as possible to "protect" your users, I will go through 50 "Are you sure" prompts, I don't care. But there has to be some way to run whatever software you want on your hardware...
We; in a general sense and a community; focus alot on open source software and not hardware. Apple gets away with alot because they control their software and hardware. Seems like a cool problem we can tackle
We will never have a sci-fi future unless all users are able to install what they want on their devices, program them how they want, and allow any other device they want to talk to it.
Imagine being a spaceship mechanic in a futuristic scrapyard. You’re building a spaceship out of used parts. You’re almost done, but during tests of the electronics, the flight control system gives you the message, “Unregistered Installation Detected. Shutting down. Please contact your licensed MetaGoogleSpaceX ship dealer for service if you think this message was given in error.”
Most of the other parts do this too. You can’t build a ship anymore without manufacturing your own parts.
Apple's always kind of been that way. It was basically their business plan. I can't condemn them for it.
The concern is what happens if the point is reached where you can't get hardware that you can customize.
A do-no-harm strategy might be evangelization. Big Tech always seems to have the $$$ to entice governments and big institutions to pass on open source, but I suspect they might not pay to much attention to the little folk i.e. churches, small private schools, small business.
Enough little folk get hooked on the freedom of Linux and band together they become big & the hardware makers can't ignore them.
Companies will eventually begin renting hardware so users don't own hardware.
Make it as hard as possible to "protect" your users, I will go through 50 "Are you sure" prompts, I don't care. But there has to be some way to run whatever software you want on your hardware...
We; in a general sense and a community; focus alot on open source software and not hardware. Apple gets away with alot because they control their software and hardware. Seems like a cool problem we can tackle
We will never have a sci-fi future unless all users are able to install what they want on their devices, program them how they want, and allow any other device they want to talk to it.
Imagine being a spaceship mechanic in a futuristic scrapyard. You’re building a spaceship out of used parts. You’re almost done, but during tests of the electronics, the flight control system gives you the message, “Unregistered Installation Detected. Shutting down. Please contact your licensed MetaGoogleSpaceX ship dealer for service if you think this message was given in error.”
Most of the other parts do this too. You can’t build a ship anymore without manufacturing your own parts.
Apple's always kind of been that way. It was basically their business plan. I can't condemn them for it.
The concern is what happens if the point is reached where you can't get hardware that you can customize.
A do-no-harm strategy might be evangelization. Big Tech always seems to have the $$$ to entice governments and big institutions to pass on open source, but I suspect they might not pay to much attention to the little folk i.e. churches, small private schools, small business.
Enough little folk get hooked on the freedom of Linux and band together they become big & the hardware makers can't ignore them.