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house of cards All the way around and I'm not sure you could convince me otherwise
It really seems like they don't want us owning anything anymore.
First it was the software, it because license agreements.
Now it's becoming too expensive to own hardware and we'll have to rent it from them.
This is why I stick with open source. Sadly, I don't know what to do about hardware. For a GPU, go with AMD I guess?
The worst is that this isn't even the lack of ownership I want! I'd love to not own a car and have reliable public transit, but can't have that. Instead, I'm not allowed to own the computers and software I buy, or the music I like, or pretty much anything else that brings me joy. Heck, you don't even own the posts you make in the large social media sites!
why I stick with open source. Sadly, I don’t know what to do about hardware
OSHW, e.g. https://www.crowdsupply.com/
Just curious: why music?
I think you're asking why you can't own music? It's because the vast majority of it is streamed and it's not trivial to keep it. Sure, if you know what Github is you can find all sorts of software to rip the streams, but that's asking a lot from most people who have trouble installing an official client.
There is Bandcamp, which is reasonably priced and I think pays artists well? So some hope there. I haven't really looked at the license agreement, so no idea if they can remove anything you've already purchased (keep backups of your downloads! 😀 )
There's also vinyl records, but new pressings are quite expensive. I buy some old records, but the new stuff I reserve for albums I really like.
I like owning my music so that nobody can take away the stuff I paid for. I've moved streaming services before and there have been gaps in the library. Not to mention, most of the streaming clients are actually pretty terrible. If I just had a bunch of files, I could use whichever audio player I like and not be stuck with whatever crap the streaming provider lets me use.
There are exceptions to all of these things, with varying degrees of compromise, but the general trend is towards licensing everything and us having little to no ownership. And it's entirely possible that places like Bandcamp won't be able to sustain a business in the face of rising costs that the large streaming platforms can handle. Here's hoping that doesn't happen.
Have you considered buying MP3s on Amazon? This is what I do normally.
Maybe something has changed, but I don't think I can buy Amazon mp3s in Canada?
That's a tough one for me anyway. On one hand, owning music is something I value, but on the other hand Amazon is a company I cannot support in good conscience. I feel like the person in the two button meme!
And yet, in my own sort of hypocrisy, I currently use a Google Nexus phone flashed with Graphene. But... I still gave money to Google. Ethics are difficult. Something about no ethical consumption. 🙂
I think music is the one thing you can still buy digitally and get a non drm version.
Movies on the other hand….
When asking my first open question I did expect you to say something about ethics of buying on Amazon. I didn’t expect, however, that Amazon doesn’t sell mp3 in Canada. I’m sorry about the licensing bullshit leading to this.
I avoid Amazon in everything bad they’re doing. But they do the right thing with mp3 music, and I support that in the hopes that more ethical companies will see the truth and start selling it too.
Well you’re in luck, you also will soon not own your own car either. No public transport though, that’s communist.
Fuck you Nvidia GPUS me and my boys goes with AMD GPUS
and with blackjack and hookers!!! lol
Year of ARM Linux gaming when? 2028?
RiscV gang
I’m down, but RISC-V has a looooot of ground to make up first. Last I checked, total number of RISC-V devices in existence was an order of magnitude less than what Qualcomm produces in a year.
For sure but ARM has the same issue as X86. So moving everything there isn't that much better imo.
Maybe this will create more of an opening for Intel.
They can’t react in 2026 unless they already have something in the pipe, and they don’t (yet) make their own RAM.
…That being said, it could be a good year for big APUs, which use system RAM you already have to have.
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2025
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