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argv minus one

@fuchsi

Licenses and patents and copyright have not sufficed to prevent software piracy or phone/console jailbreaking, and you expect them to suffice to prevent the jailbreaking of a high-tech horn of plenty? No way.

@econads @ian

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Steffi the Redhead

@argv_minus_one @econads @ian we don't copy like we did 20 years ago. It has effects.

argv minus one

@fuchsi

Because we're not being forced to. We can actually reliably buy/rent software/movies now, without having to drive anywhere and hope the store still carries what we're looking for.

And for software/movies that aren't for sale any longer, we still do copy them. “Abandonware”, it's called.

In your scenario, where the only thing standing between us and post-scarcity paradise is some capitalist's crooked artificial-scarcity scheme, we would be very much forced to.

@econads @ian

Steffi the Redhead

@argv_minus_one @econads @ian I just say there are tools and possibilities. I would fight tooth and nail against them, but I think there are people who wouldn't give up the current situation without a fight.

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