Cory Doctorow on Nostr: It is in the #WarOnGeneralPurposeComputing that we find the cheapest and flimsiest ...
It is in the #WarOnGeneralPurposeComputing that we find the cheapest and flimsiest rhetoric. Companies like Apple - and their apologists - insist that no one *wants* to use third-party app stores, or seek out independent repair depots - and then spend *millions* to make sure that it's illegal to jailbreak your phone or get it fixed outside of their own official channel:
https://doctorow.medium.com/apples-cement-overshoes-329856288d1319/
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