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"You need to try Linux" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by digital_alchemist@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Originally this was a reply to this article about a Windows feature called Recall, but there's a good argument the author's concerns resonate far beyond Windows and Meta to proprietary generally.

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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Snaps still suck

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I agree that the backend for snaps being proprietary sucks, but I actually think snaps themselves are pretty useful in server configurations because of the sandboxing and limiting access to system resources. I get the whole argument that it's doing what flatpak already did yadda yadda, but like... competing standards happens. It's part of life and always will be.