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minus-squareAustralis13linkfedilink15•3 days agoWhat?! Is this really as dystopian as my inner cynic thinks? That this is to keep people from understanding how technology works?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•3 days agoThat was the whole point of locking down everything and making it illegal to fix by yourself. It will bite them in the ass when next generation would have a lot less people who can work for these companies (it’s already happening).
minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)OPlinkfedilinkEnglish8•3 days agoYup. FYI, I also commented with a link to distrowatch that announces it.
What?!
Is this really as dystopian as my inner cynic thinks? That this is to keep people from understanding how technology works?
That was the whole point of locking down everything and making it illegal to fix by yourself.
It will bite them in the ass when next generation would have a lot less people who can work for these companies (it’s already happening).
Yup.
FYI, I also commented with a link to distrowatch that announces it.