Or we could just not trust apple or Microsoft, and actually feel it necessary to have some degree of control over our computers.
The problem, as it often is, is people lacking a personality, and collecting "quirks" in an attempt to make themselves unique and special.
If you use Linux so you can feel special and tout your superiority over others for doing so, you're a faggot.
If you use Linux because you don't feel it's necessary for Microsoft or Apple to dictate how you use a computer, or collect all sorts of data on you, that's perfectly justified.
I use Linux and CalyxOS to resist brazen abuse by Amzn/Goog/MSFT, but indeed it's only some degree of user control. In practice, computers aren't as hackable[1] as they used to be. Any dork who hasn't gone through LFS start-to-finish shouldn't even entertain the thought of computing superiority. Back to my main point, Linux/Unix has a lot of cruft and corporate dependence, the www and mainstream culture have been turned inside-out, and so on.
If it wasn't for the Herculean task of hardware a, maybe a worthy competitor to current desktop triumvirate would have a better shot combating social inertia. Aside from monetary barriers, it's gonna take more than technological ingenuity to overcome our collective spiritual shortcoming.
The essay focuses on a very niche subsection of our population, but the point holds when it comes to making good things (I'm in partial agreement with these guys) others want to use.
Or we could just not trust apple or Microsoft, and actually feel it necessary to have some degree of control over our computers.
The problem, as it often is, is people lacking a personality, and collecting "quirks" in an attempt to make themselves unique and special.
If you use Linux so you can feel special and tout your superiority over others for doing so, you're a faggot.
If you use Linux because you don't feel it's necessary for Microsoft or Apple to dictate how you use a computer, or collect all sorts of data on you, that's perfectly justified.
I use Linux and CalyxOS to resist brazen abuse by Amzn/Goog/MSFT, but indeed it's only some degree of user control. In practice, computers aren't as hackable[1] as they used to be. Any dork who hasn't gone through LFS start-to-finish shouldn't even entertain the thought of computing superiority. Back to my main point, Linux/Unix has a lot of cruft and corporate dependence, the www and mainstream culture have been turned inside-out, and so on.
If it wasn't for the Herculean task of hardware a, maybe a worthy competitor to current desktop triumvirate would have a better shot combating social inertia. Aside from monetary barriers, it's gonna take more than technological ingenuity to overcome our collective spiritual shortcoming.
One systemd to rule them all