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Your Computer Isn't Yours: Apple stores every program Mac users run, and when and where they ran it (sneak.berlin)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: Guys I didn't write the headline; the subtitle that I added, I've now fixed tho

Edit: Also, the information about there being no escape is out of date -- here's a quick guide to how to fix the problem in the modern day

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Don't want to sound like I'm proselytizing, but unless you run Linux, your computer really isn't yours (closed firmware aside).

Microsoft is just as bad at treating your hardware as theirs that they so graciously allow you to use (in between forced updates, criticizing your browser choices, and trying to trick you into storing everything you do in one drive)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Don’t want to sound like I’m proselytizing, but there are other free operating systems not based on Linux: FreeBSD, FreeDOS or ReactOS in example. I wish, I could add GNU/Hurd to the list, but from what I know, its unusable at the moment. Redox is also a new OS written in Rust, but it's not ready yet (I think).

Now, are these real alternatives to a regular Linux based OS? In some cases they are (FreeBSD and their family), but most probably would just use Linux for their PC. They aren't even suited for gaming I guess, the likes of Steam. I was just "Acktually"-ing around that you don't "need" Linux for owning your computer. I mean, you mentioned closed firmware, so technically I was allowed to. :D

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah my position is really to recommend any FOSS OS in the large over proprietary ones. However, since my experience is primarily with Linux distributions, and I do think that Linux makes sense for a lot of use cases, I usually start by talking about "Linux" first.

But, from my experience, if a "solution" to a problem "forces" the user to make a choice, then they'll stick with what "currently works" over having to make a choice. So when I talk to people about Linux IRL, I typically direct them to Linux Mint directly, even though other distros exist and it actually doesn't fit my use cases. Once they're comfortable in the Linux ecosystem, they can switch to a different distro or OS family if they feel the need to do so.