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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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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 23 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Do, or do not, there is no try.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 points 10 hours ago

Distrosea would just like to interject for a moment.

[–] Lila_Uraraka@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 12 hours ago

Except there is... live environments

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I don't try, I do. Wanna try me?

[–] boringbisexual@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I mean....if you're offering

[–] JonEFive@midwest.social 3 points 10 hours ago

username checks out