where legally, “sell” includes things that most people wouldn’t consider a sale

Allowing access for valuable consideration is pretty cut and dry. What is the legislation defining beyond that?

Email is never “end to end encrypted” outside of layering something else on like PGP- which you could use with any email service.

I like how he said that its a nothing burger because they’re only putting this out because some legislation defined selling your shit as selling your shit.

Well, uh, yeah. The legislation is correct. Providing access for consideration is selling your shit. I don’t care how many layers of bullshit they slather on top.

Yet another reminder that Rossman is petit bourgeois that got involved because some larger company stepped on his business model (repairing electronics).

stifle reverse engineering for interoperability.

Nothing will get better until the rent seekers are cast out of the temple.

I read somewhere someone supposed it had to do with SoftBank building out data centers to host this nonsense.

Which, given the history of SoftBank’s investing, is utterly hilarious and appropriate.

Its fascinating that millenarians have now latched on to software developed for fraud and generating non-consensual pornography.

The rate of profit continues to decline because of overcapitalization. Factions are aligning to decapitalize rivals in order to increase their own rate of profit.

Also, they’re all manic and dissasociated.

Collecting paychecks for being controlled opposition?

multiple code deletes

That’s not how open Source works…

These projects focusing on configuration changes and feature removal demonstrates their lack of creative potential.

Who cares if they fork? They don’t have the ability to do anything but sit on dead code at that point.

threat of violence

Do you understand what an analogy is?

Anyways, Firefox is the project. All of those other “projects” are mostly configuration changes of the upstream project- not even code changes.

When Firefox decides to become hostile to those “other” browsers you use- they’ll be able to do fuck all about it.

they’re coming up to my front door with a battering ram

Let’s see how this plays out.

DivestOS was also cool while it was developed.

grander environmental reasons

No. Humans are not separate from “nature”.

Know the terrible intentions of “environmentalists” who would put you in battery cages.

Edit: Apparently, this touched a nerve. Let me say this: my experience with actually existing urbanism was a repulsive, mind numbing waste of several years that probably took even more years off of my life due to air/noise/light pollution. I have no problem with the concept of living near other humans- but I see few examples of such in my country that I could tolerate.

Blackmail?

“Source available” grifter.

Well, yes. The US military is typically not deployed against people who can defend themselves.

Yes.

flashed … custom software

Any hints on where one might find details on this?

Included warranties are typically very short and extended warranties are worthless.

At least is a heavy lifting qualifier in this case.