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rimantas on Aug 31, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: BYTE Interview With Richard Stallman (1986)

  > Nobody seems to be in control of their own devices,
  > software and data anymore.

Because not many want this kind of control? Many just want to have stuff that they can just take and use instead of controlling every aspect of it.

icebraining on Aug 31, 2012 [–]

Until they can't use it anymore, because the provider suddenly decided you lost the rights[1].

[1]: http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/amazon-zaps-purchase.html

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