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We own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less human (www.windowscentral.com)
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The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Do you think anyone, anywhere think of roku and amazon fire when they hear "you should try linux"?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    read this thread again, please, because you completely missed the point. but you know what, I'll help:

    grue said:

    We need more real Linux -- GNU/Linux, with compliant copyleft licensing -- not Tivoized crap like they put on TVs.

    Roku OS, Amazon Fire OS, Tizen (Samsung TV OS), etc. -- all technically Linux, but you wouldn't know it because they've systematically butchered them to destroy everything that made Linux good (the users' freedom).

    Rothe said:

    ... Who cares which distro you use, as long as it is linux it is a step in the right direction, ...

    roku, amazon fire, tizen and co are all "linux based" operating systems. the topic was not about people recommending linux to each other, but about corporations misusing the foundations of it to further their greed. point being, something runs linux does not make it good. and that's where grue's call for real linux on these devices gets relevant.

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