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First RCS now this, today has been wild

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[-] danielfgom@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

At last. This is actually good news for Windows itself because people will be more inclined to use it again if they don't see ads, aren't tracked, can set any default browser etc.

So it's good for both users and Microsoft.

Sometimes these corporations just can't help themselves by adding trash and they need a mommy figure to force them to stop doing that which ultimately benefits themselves.

[-] sergih@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thing is for me windows opened a pandora's box that goes further than just ad-free, once I started getting into open software thanks to switching to linux, I realized it's not just the them saying there's no tracking, it's the being able to see it for yourself, it's the there being a 1000 eyes on a project that don't have a motivation to lie to you, checking making sure that there are no trackers.

It's no longer just sbout them saying "it's all good we ain't spying" it's about a project with a thousand eyes on them making sure this is actually the case, plus the nature of most open licenses where every fork also needs to follow such license.

It's starting to become a sort of change in how I see society working with each other and I whish there were other aspects of life where such a philosophy vould be applied.

[-] danielfgom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Agree 100%. Free Software user here. Linux Mint Debian Edition is what I'm running.

I wish all software and hardware abided by the FOSS principles

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