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

submitted 2 days 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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[–] parody@lemmings.world 1 points 19 hours ago

successfully lied to

Indeed—quoting this as it matches my earlier comment and it’s the best way* I can think of to show something important:

Zero sarcasm in my earlier comment. That’s no “/s”.

*Permission granted to stalk comment history for a sec too :) username was a misnomer this time around but I do like to have fun too

- @~~parody~~serious_love @ lemmings .world

btw the arc of the moral universe is long, per Dr. King, but I do hope it meaningfully bends toward justice while we are all still on this rock with our loved ones