Practically speaking, people already have cell phones that are impossible to own, because in many cases, users are not allowed to unlock the bootloaders of their phones.

They’d have to. It would be the only way to make the changes uniform across distros. And of course, we could always use the unmodified version.

That’s my guess. These people have no clue what they’re doing.

Technically, Linux is not an operating system, just a kernel, so I’m not sure how this would be implemented.

Well you don’t “scan” a book that’s already digital.

The fact that they destroyed the books is the most reprehensible thing to me. They could have resold or donated those books to libraries. Instead, they chose the ugliest and most wasteful thing they could possibly do. Despicable.

Or you could … Delete Windows too. Or only run it in a VM.

I don’t use Windows, except in a VM as absolutely necessary. Problem solved.

Yep. Back to dumb terminals. I’m not having any of it.

So you can spend more time working shit jobs for shit pay. Aren’t you happy? 😊

That would make too much sense.

So, the German police are the Stasi?

If the tech works as it should, that’s what I care about the most.

This is a very clever catch and very true. I didn’t think of this.

It would be par for the course if they just ignored the settings changes when it comes to training their AI on your data, and you’re just turning off your access to the AI features instead.

Thanks for making it easy, friend. It takes a lot of clicking to turn this stuff off lol.

Why the fuck would a McDonald’s app care?

Apparently 96% of elementary school children now have laptops they take home from school? I’m glad I grew up in an era when we all had our own computers not owned by the government. 😂 It seems like absolute hell to be a kid these days. Constantly monitored and tracked by adults who want you to remain pure and innocent forever, not allowed to grow or explore anything on your own. And they wonder why kids aren’t independent and don’t want to learn anything.

I’ve been using Linux exclusively for more than ten years. You’ve made the right choice. As if you needed anyone to tell you 😆

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