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It was a dread demonic pact known as an NDA. You can read a longer account here
Thank you❤️
Other candidates for thread severing events might include the destruction of Project Cybersyn in Chile and the privatization of the internet under the Clinton regime. There must have been some tied up in the destruction of the USSR but I don't know enough about Soviet computer history to pinpoint them.
The Stallman printer thing stands out to me because it was such a small thing but it symbolized and embodied such a huge shift.
I expected you were linking an article, and then I clicked through and found a whole ass book, and it's absolutely engrossing ❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you so much for that and for these other moments to research!!