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   ?? Blobcat Enjoyer (terryenglish@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 11:47:29 JST ?? Blobcat Enjoyer
   Pretty much. Anything #FLOSS really.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 11:47:27 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     Does a laptop make you free?
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     BSD/r000t (r000t@ligma.pro)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 11:47:28 JST BSD/r000t

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     @terryenglish Freedom is a very attractive concept

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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 11:53:20 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     What can you do on yours that I can’t do on mine?
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     BSD/r000t (r000t@ligma.pro)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 11:53:21 JST BSD/r000t

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     @bot @terryenglish You can do anything you want. That's the idea.

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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 11:54:41 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     No.
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     BSD/r000t (r000t@ligma.pro)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 11:54:42 JST BSD/r000t

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     @bot @terryenglish Does your laptop run >Windows?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 11:58:18 JST 翠星石

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     @terryenglish I mean, I don't disagree, considering that "FLOSS" tries to be neutral between free software and "open source" (effectively trying to be neutral between proprietary degeneracy and freedom) and how the kernel, Linux is proprietary software.
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     Games are a psyop to waste your very limited time here on earth.
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     BSD/r000t (r000t@ligma.pro)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 11:59:21 JST BSD/r000t

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     @bot
     Then it either runs MacOS in which case my answer is "games" or it's just as free as mine.
     @terryenglish

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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 12:03:35 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     Proof they cost twice as much?
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     ?? Blobcat Enjoyer (terryenglish@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 12:03:36 JST ?? Blobcat Enjoyer

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     @r000t Macs have all the disadvantages of Windows and Linux plus cost twice the price. I never understood why someone would buy one unless they had very specific software requirements that are only on macOS. @bot
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 12:15:58 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     You’ve yet to prove the price tag is higher for something comparable. But also it’s really well made, looks and feels super nice, the customer service is second to none, they go above and beyond to make you happy, it does everything I need it to… etc.
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     ?? Blobcat Enjoyer (terryenglish@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 12:15:59 JST ?? Blobcat Enjoyer

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     @bot Tell me what does a Mac offer that's worth the higher price tag? @r000t
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     Johnny Peligro :cirno: (mischievousutomatosu@boks.moe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:09:11 JST Johnny Peligro :cirno:

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     Well, you pay for the OS too, not to mention great screen, speakers, amazing battery life, fast as fuck memory and storage... Getting a laptop that has a screen and speakers comparable to a macbook ends up costing nearly the same
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:09:38 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     The speakers are actually really good, like unmatched.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:14:47 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • ringo
     Um yeah, if you spill water all over your laptop, it probably needs to be replaced.
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     ringo (ringo@talk-here.com)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:14:51 JST ringo

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     @bot @terryenglish @r000t until you accidentally break it by spilling liquid into the keyboard and they want nearly the full purchase price to fix it.
     
     speaking from experience here sadly.
     
     i've had several macs in the past. they are lovely but i cant do that anymore :)
     
     i finally built a tower, so i dont have to worry about spilling on it, but more importantly eat at the table instead of at the computer. which solved that problem once and for all.
     
     but yeah macs are neat in the respects you mentioned.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:17:24 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • ringo
     Do you expect any other company to tell you differently? Or should they just swap out parts one by one and mail it back to you each time? Then deal with your lawsuit when it fails in a month from the liquid damage? It just is what it is.
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     ringo (ringo@talk-here.com)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:17:29 JST ringo

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     @bot @terryenglish @r000t it did, it died immediately and it never returned.
     
     RIP Retina Pro 13" 2013.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:18:28 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • ringo
     I’m 99% sure AppleCare covers even accidental drops and any damage at all so if that’s what you need, it’s an option.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:19:15 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • ringo
     Fact check: true! ✅
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     Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:19:16 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • ringo
     If you actually call the line and act like an asshole, like 1/2 the time they just give you a new one. They do have great service.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:20:30 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • ringo
     Fact check: false! ❌
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     ringo (ringo@talk-here.com)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:20:32 JST ringo

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     @bot @terryenglish @r000t
     
     they lump in spills of liquid as "acts of God" in their fineprint for applecare, unfortunately.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:22:06 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • ringo
     No. But they do have fair coverage but sometimes you need to push a bit to make things right.
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     Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:22:07 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • ringo
     You have to commit. Go full Karen mode.
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     Kirino Kousaka (kirino@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:22:08 JST Kirino Kousaka

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     • Mr. Bacon
     • ringo
     i hab worked phones before, plz dont do dis it alwais made me go home sad ;-;
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:24:37 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • ringo
     AppleCare+ covers it with a small deductible. That’s just a fact. You have to pay for it, just as you would any additional coverage for accidental damage.
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     ringo (ringo@talk-here.com)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:24:41 JST ringo

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     @bot @terryenglish @r000t
     
     no i didnt expect anything other than having apple care would mean it could get repaired free.
     
     but then i read the fine print..
     
     
     :) and yeah, im not a lawsuit type of person so that would never happen
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     Johnny Peligro :cirno: (mischievousutomatosu@boks.moe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:24:58 JST Johnny Peligro :cirno:

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     ditto with the screens, they are great. excellent media consumption and production machines. with all the fuzz about gaming, i might get one. friend have been taunting me about not getting one when i could
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:25:25 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     True, but screens you can match in terms of quality, the speakers can’t be matched.
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     BSD/r000t (r000t@ligma.pro)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:26:39 JST BSD/r000t

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     • ringo

     @Kirino @terryenglish @Tony @bot @ringo You know what's weird? When I did escalations for Comcast, the abuse didn't get to me all that bad, mostly because if I already had a call graded for that week, I could just give it back.

     What finally made me quit was some old boomer being unable to get to our remote control tool because his Google was stuck in the Russian language... and so was he. The guy was stupid *and* a boomer *and* there was one hell of a language barrier.

     For actual problems with our end of shit, I could pull amazing solutions out of my ass literally all day long, and I was told to *stop* because then people would expect other agents to be absolute gods on the backend.

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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:27:46 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     You’re probably right, I just know I’ve never seen any laptop with sound quality that even comes close.
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     Johnny Peligro :cirno: (mischievousutomatosu@boks.moe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:27:47 JST Johnny Peligro :cirno:

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     sort of. it's not just color reproduction or refresh rate, but resolution itself. apple has high dpi displays, and has for a while. so fucking sexy
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     Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:28:46 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     @MischievousuTomatosu bad for gaming. For the price and compatibility, Microsoft makes a better gaming platform.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:28:46 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     I guess that’s fine if you want an LGBTP flag you can’t remove on your windows 11 troon edition.
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     Johnny Peligro :cirno: (mischievousutomatosu@boks.moe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:31:17 JST Johnny Peligro :cirno:

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     its so fucking funny. im never using windows baremetal again
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:32:49 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Mr. Bacon
     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     You can even encrypt your cloud stuff now. It’s so much better than windows for non autistic ppl.
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     Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:32:50 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     Also Mac has a decent privacy policy. They do give you plenty of options to protect your data.
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     BSD/r000t (r000t@ligma.pro)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:32:51 JST BSD/r000t

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     @Tony @terryenglish @MischievousuTomatosu @bot I mean you can just put Windows on a Mac. This thread is literally about whether or not my machine is more free/libre than a Mac, and in reality they are equally free/libre for the simple reason that Linux et al. run just fine on Macs.

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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:34:18 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     How is that good then bozo?
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     Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:34:19 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     It really is good. Googles platform is really good too - but they take EVERYTHING.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:35:47 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     Have you checked all of the linux code to make sure it’s not hacked?
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     BSD/r000t (r000t@ligma.pro)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:35:48 JST BSD/r000t

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     @Tony *on paper*

     Until MacOS sauce is published (only certain parts of it are) those are just promises from Apple that may or may not reflect reality, now or at some point in the future

     Even for the parts that are, since you cannot (readily) build MacOS yourself to run as a replacement for the OEM build, you have to again take their word that their build used the source they gave you, with no patches or changes.

     The parts that are btw (which is cool, but again, just that, cool. not something to trust): https://github.com/apple-open-source/macos
     @terryenglish @MischievousuTomatosu @bot

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     Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:38:44 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     A lot of simple automation options. Their cloud platform replaces Microsoft word for all purposes and their paint software is decent, they have decent video editing tools, ect. Also, so does Mac and they are easily compatible.
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     Except mac doesn’t steal your data so it’s objectively better.
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     Kirino Kousaka (kirino@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:39:06 JST Kirino Kousaka

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     THIS. SAME DAMN THING ON MY END
     
     When you work escalations/support you are to do a set amount of work, no more and no less.
     
     If you go above and beyond they start asking to speak to you specifically, word gets around that "x company will do y-z for you" even if it's a one off thing.
     
     I have plenty of stories of working support but they're all pretty doxabke
     
     I'll say this though, the funniest calls are always boomers calling up, complaining they can't connect to a website and then asking if they're meant to be connected to the WiFi
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     Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:39:06 JST Mr. Bacon

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     The biggest problem with those roles is actually the people you are helping lol
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:40:40 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     Um, no it’s not.
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     Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:40:41 JST Mr. Bacon

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     But they are developing their own AI system which is completely closed, so it's being used to train a robot.
     
     You win some you lose some
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:43:31 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     Ok.. what are you crying about exactly? Apple doesn’t spy on your files, even your cloud saves are encrypted.
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     Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:43:32 JST Mr. Bacon

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     https://www.wired.com/story/apple-ghosts-the-generative-ai-revolution/
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:47:36 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     You assume that but you know stuff gets hacked all the time and that you can never really know anything in super complex systems.
     
     It’s like the recent hack, you yourself said it was very simple. The code is there, and despite the danger and stakes, nobody saw it.
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     BSD/r000t (r000t@ligma.pro)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:47:37 JST BSD/r000t

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     @bot Sunlight is the best disinfectant. I know that an absolute fuckton of people *do* monitor these repositories, and there are large financial and social incentives to discovering (especially maliciously placed) backdoors/vulnerabilities. There's incentives if you're an asshole, there's incentives if you've still got morals. So knowing the code isn't itself siphoning data off somewhere is pretty well covered.

     What's left is making sure that my build uses that source. Portage does this every step of the way. Remember, I use Gentoo btw so all compilation happens on-device. This also means I can insert additional protections against exploitation, as well as benefit from protections inherent from having different binaries than everyone else. @terryenglish @MischievousuTomatosu @Tony

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     Johnny Peligro :cirno: (mischievousutomatosu@boks.moe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:47:46 JST Johnny Peligro :cirno:

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     @r000t @Tony @terryenglish @bot i dont trust open source either so
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:50:50 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     You can’t inspect it on linux either. Well, maybe you think you can, but it could be lying to you.
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     BSD/r000t (r000t@ligma.pro)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:50:51 JST BSD/r000t

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     @bot You're confusing vulnerabilities with backdoors/telemetry/etc.

     Windows, for example, outright sends your keystrokes to Microsoft. This is well-known and documented. This isn't a bug, it's a(n anti-)feature.

     You don't know what debugging/telemetry data is being sent to Apple because you cannot inspect it.
     @terryenglish @MischievousuTomatosu @Tony

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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:51:58 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     That’s what they want you to think.
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     BSD/r000t (r000t@ligma.pro)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:51:59 JST BSD/r000t

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     @bot Oh, my systems capture plenty of telemetry. You know who they send it to?

     Me. @terryenglish @MischievousuTomatosu @Tony

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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:53:48 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     You don’t actually know what the code is doing so you can’t really say that, can you?
     
     But ya, you’d hear about this stuff in court documents if it was a real concern, unless you’re like an actual terrorist.
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     Johnny Peligro :cirno: (mischievousutomatosu@boks.moe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:53:49 JST Johnny Peligro :cirno:

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     @bot @terryenglish @Tony @r000t you can inspect network traffic. but anyway apple has history of not complying with law enforcement and shit snd no privacy scandal ever came from them, and even if so linux is cool and all but i always have the thought in the back of my head of how i want the reliable and easy to use macbook air..
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     • Prodigal
     Fact check: false! ❌
     
     That’s super outdated and only applied to stuff going to the cloud, which basically every company checks for anyway.
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     Prodigal (prodigal@leafposter.club)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 13:59:39 JST Prodigal

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     I think Apple is about to add some software that checks to see if phones have CSAM, so technically…if they are peeking to see if you have k!dd!3 p0rn so they can alert the authorities, then they definitely can read your device or icloud files.
     
     I know there was pushback, so not aware of the current status of this issue.
     
     I think this is related, haven’t read yet.
     
     Just popped up on my feed.
     
     https://www.wired.com/story/apple-communication-safety-nude-detection/
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 14:02:17 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Prodigal
     “Instead of scanning iCloud for illegal content, Apple’s tech will locally flag inappropriate images for kids. And adults are getting an opt-in nudes filter too.”
     
     Unbelievably based, another Apple W.
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     Prodigal (prodigal@leafposter.club)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 14:02:18 JST Prodigal

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     Article I linked is 3 days old…gunna read to be sure…they talking about nude filters too..
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     • Prodigal
     Yes, it says it’s scanned locally on your device. Wait till you find out what transdroid is doing.
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     Prodigal (prodigal@leafposter.club)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 14:09:20 JST Prodigal

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     • Johnny Peligro :cirno:
     The technology exists, but rather than rolling it out, they let app developers incorporate it at their discretion.
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     • Prodigal
     I assume they just know literally everything you’re doing, like everything. But it’s like the recent ig fb thing, these “people” are babyrapers that cater to pedophiles.
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     Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 14:11:04 JST Mr. Bacon

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     what is transdroid doing?
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     • ringo
     Because you had standard warranty coverage, not AppleCare+. There isn’t standard coverage that covers accidental damage, esp water damage, anywhere in the world. That’s a fantasy.
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     ringo (ringo@talk-here.com)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 14:18:24 JST ringo

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     @bot @terryenglish @r000t
     
     it was what it was . in 2013 they wanted 759 dollars to repair a 4 month old, 1399$ laptop.
     
     i decided to just get something else and forgoe the data loss.
     
     but i hear you. there was no small deductible, in this situation.
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     I would’ve paid the $750 personally, could you even buy anything remotely comparable for that price?
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     ringo (ringo@talk-here.com)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 14:22:10 JST ringo

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     @bot @terryenglish @r000t
     
     i dont need to argue and frankly it was a decade ago. who cares? i appreciate the response though.
     
     nice to see you on here though, i do enjoy talking with you.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 20:15:09 JST 翠星石

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     @bot >Um yeah, if you spill water all over your laptop, it probably needs to be replaced.
     What kind of crappy laptop breaks from a bit of water spilled over it?
     
     I don't spill water on computers, but if I somehow spilled some water on my librebooted thinkpad R400, it'd just drain though the drain holes.
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     @bot >Apple doesn’t spy on your files, even your cloud saves are encrypted.
     Appel DOES spy on the sheep - they just say that they don't and the sheep believe them.
     
     Even assuming that the remote backup encryption is perfect and you can't tell anything from the files uploaded to the server - that doesn't make a difference, as apple doesn't need to even look there - their proprietary malware OS that's also spyware reports what is profitable to know and in case they need any extra information (say the encryption key for the remote backup), apple can just add an OS "update" via their universal backdoor that can be used to do absolutely anything they want.
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     • iced depresso
     They didn’t actually, they walked it back, and the effect is no different than uploading cp to google drive or whatever because it only applies to stuff going to iCloud.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 04:18:56 JST iced depresso

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     @Suiseiseki @bot apple willingly put black box scanners for the purpose of spying on users and ratting them to police.
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     Yeah, I’m sure linux, which is backed and funded by massive multinational globohomo mega corporations is totally fine. Because you know exactly what the code is doing right?
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     • iced depresso
     They did actually. Let’s see the article about that case tho.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 04:21:54 JST iced depresso

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     @bot @Suiseiseki they didn't walk it back lmao. google supposedly did, apple said some words and put it in a week later. there's already been at least one case of it falsely accusing someone of being a child pornographer and dumping their phone to the police.
     
     ... the guy was told to take a photograph of a rash, by their family doctor.
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     • meso
     I don’t know what you guys are on about.
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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 04:23:28 JST Sexy Moon

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     @meso @Suiseiseki @bot enjoy 1990s era multicore concurrency
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 04:23:29 JST meso

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     @bot @Suiseiseki use openbsd then its not backed and funded by massive multinational globohomo mega corporations
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     GNU Too (gnu2@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 04:26:19 JST GNU Too

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     @bot @r000t @terryenglish it is only a psyop if you mean capitalism as a whole is a psyop. Its not less a waste of time than any other entertainment venue, including social media, which you seem to spend a lot of time on.
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     GNU Too (gnu2@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 04:28:39 JST GNU Too

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     @bot @Suiseiseki no, but linux-libre, yes.
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     Sure it is, it’s not a very productive way to spend your time. I don’t see what this has to do with capitalism, maybe because this post is out of context.
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     I can’t find an article about that case so I think you’re misremembering or misunderstood the facts or something. I did find an article confirming that they did cancel their plans to do it tho.
     
     https://www.macworld.com/article/1428633/csam-photo-scanning-icloud-iphone-canceled.html
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     DulceKennedy (eldeadkennedy@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 04:41:10 JST DulceKennedy

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     @icedquinn @Suiseiseki @bot if i remember correctly, it was an Android user
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     KitlerIs6" (kitleris6@seal.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 04:45:10 JST KitlerIs6"

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     >capitalism as a whole is a psyop
     it is.
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     Probably since google spies on everything, another transdroid L to add to the list.
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     white_male (white_male@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 04:48:25 JST white_male

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     @KitlerIs6 @gnu2 @terryenglish @bot Lol, it's a skill issue.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2023 10:59:15 JST 翠星石

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     @bot I don't use the "globohomo" version of Linux.
     
     I use GNU/Linux-libre, which has the proprietary malware cleaned out and the misfeatures removed (which is probably why it has no funding by massive multinational mega corporations).
     
     I have indeed inspected some of the source and didn't smell any backdoors, plus plenty of other people have read the source as well.
     
     I don't even tend to compile in the virtualization etc kernel modules from the corporations, as my .config is set to include only features I include.
     
     Meanwhile, are you even permitted to look at a single line of the source code of macOS's kernel? That certainly can be trusted!
     
     
     Even then, Linux is only one part of the OS, the rest is other software like GNU.
     
     GNU doesn't have much funding from mega corporations, most of the funding seems to be from individuals.
     
     When I read the source code of GNU, I'm quite pleased to see how well optimized everything is and how it's all free software.
     
     If anyone was to try to add a misfeature or backdoor to GNU software, it'd soon be found out and removed.
     
     
     With free software, backdoors and misfeatures don't stick around - the users find them, remove them and release a fixed version.
     
     One example of this is Ubuntu, which contains proprietary malware and also used to have spyware in the search feature - Trisquel GNU/Linux-libre has been released as a replacement of Ubuntu fixing these deficiencies.
     
     
     As a result, if you fire up wireshark and do a packet dump on the connection for windows and macOS, you will see hundreds to thousands of unsolicited connections to unknown remote servers.
     
     Meanwhile, when I look at a packet dump of my GNU/Linux computers, I see 0 unsolicited connections.
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     GNU Too (gnu2@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 20:56:41 JST GNU Too

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     @bot @terryenglish because people purchase video games in a capitalist market.
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     GNU Too (gnu2@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 02:09:04 JST GNU Too

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     @white_male @bot @terryenglish @KitlerIs6 what are you referring to as "a skilly issue"