From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no

Do you actually own anything digital?::From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no

  • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    Drives me mad the main stream seam unaware/ignoring that it’s about anything free piracy. You hear next to nothing about the problem of DRM, digital ownership, digital freedom or even proper competition in proper markets. There is sometimes mentions of Right To Repair, but they never follow the thread. Or talk about how the internet runs on FOSS. A FOSS system like Debian is a wonder, that still, after 15y of use, floors me when I think about it. A utopian vision of humans can do.

    • Sanyanov@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      I get you

      Drives me even more insane when they actively complain about losing access to something, or not having it available offline, and do nothing about it

      Like, here’s the super simple solution, just take it!

      But they won’t sacrifice a tiny bit of their habit to break free. They’ll keep on whining about the world and not doing anything, even when they are directed to it with the most simple, grandma-style guidance.

      • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        They can’t really perceive what is being done to them. They can notice something, but can’t quite put it all together.

        Voices like EFF, OpenRightsGroup, FSC, etc, need to be heard and made understandable by normal people, news and government.