Windows users are victims to stockholm syndrome, I’d like to remind everyone the following list of features is not normal or necessary:
Updates take forever and use loads of resources.
PC needs to be rebooted after installing any software.
Random software needs full control of your PC to make sure you’re not doing anything you “shouldn’t be”.
An internet connection is required to play.
Your computer talks to you? Why?
An operating system is 30GB large.
Updates are mandatory.
Advertising, everywhere, constantly.
You pay for this?
Troubleshooting anything is a nightmare, shrouded in mystery and undocumented chaos.
The 6/21/2023 #FreedomHaven discussion on Free Talk Live can be found here (starting at 1:16:01):
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@beardalaxy @coolboymew To me, it only becomes a problem when they start doing shit like doxing because they didn't like your opinion.
@coolboymew Same here. I would like everyone to embrace decentralization, but I don't know how it will turn out.
If things actually get bad, there are other protocols we could move to instead like twtxt.
@astheroth @waltercool Are you federated with mostr.pub (Nostr bridge for the fedi)?
Every time some petty dictator "shuts off" the internet in their country, it should remind us that we need another internet. Or dozens. Or millions.
The technology was designed to be redundant, but in our laziness, we have allowed gatekeepers and choke points to creep in - places where authoritarians can apply censorship.
The internet is the vehicle for our shared culture. It is far too important to let ANYONE access to an "off switch".