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I fully support this but at the same time there's something wrong with how technologists use more technology whenever technology goes bad.

Like if you're not a computer person how are you supposed to use any of this stuff without being bombarded with ads or getting fleeced by dark patterns.

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> if you're not a computer person how are you supposed to use any of this stuff

You're not.

It's perfectly fine if only we get access to this stuff. We warned them. We all warned them about DRM, computer freedom, corporate exploitation. They didn't understand, they didn't care. Leave them to it. Would be nice if we could save everyone but we're all better off trying to secure our own freedoms.

What would you propose doing instead? I don't see any other effective method of handling it (and no, I don't count "whine to a nameless underpaid drone working for a named overpaid drone that was assigned by one of the mega-parties to oversee your territory" as an effective option).

I wouldn’t be surprised if eBay and Amazon refused to sell the old versions.

For those who aren’t aware what you’re referring to: in 2021, after the Dr. Seuss estate decided to stop publishing several books due to of‐their‐time stereotypes, eBay chose to also prohibit sales of those books on its platform.

Can we get a link or two? It's not that I doubt your words, but I'd like to forward this to a couple of friends whom I have been discussing the Dahl's story with.

TIA

https://www.wsj.com/articles/dr-seuss-books-deemed-offensive...

Thanks!

It's an arms race, that's just how competing interests work.

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