Perhaps. I'm just astounded it's a minority opinion. It seems like the whole "freedom" concept that undergirded the PC and Internet revolutions has been absolutely forgotten.
Again I ask: what would people have said if Microsoft had proposed a new OS revision that monitored everything you did and uploaded it to MS, permitted only MS to have administrative rights, and permitted only software approved by MS to execute?
I'm just amazed at how all you have to do is change the name of the company and change the form factor of the machine and people don't see it anymore. Are people that concrete-bound?
I'm not even a FOSS zealot. I don't think everything should be free, especially not free-as-in-beer. I actually wonder if the free-as-in-beer mentality is part of why we're seeing this-- there is no other way to make money since people will not pay for a plain OS or software anymore. Everything has to be paid for, so things have to be monetized differently... like by taking away all privacy and control and selling the user to advertisers and governments.
Again I ask: what would people have said if Microsoft had proposed a new OS revision that monitored everything you did and uploaded it to MS, permitted only MS to have administrative rights, and permitted only software approved by MS to execute?
I'm just amazed at how all you have to do is change the name of the company and change the form factor of the machine and people don't see it anymore. Are people that concrete-bound?
I'm not even a FOSS zealot. I don't think everything should be free, especially not free-as-in-beer. I actually wonder if the free-as-in-beer mentality is part of why we're seeing this-- there is no other way to make money since people will not pay for a plain OS or software anymore. Everything has to be paid for, so things have to be monetized differently... like by taking away all privacy and control and selling the user to advertisers and governments.