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   Charles U. Farley (freakazoid@retro.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 16:00:34 JST Charles U. Farley

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   @Angle I don't agree that capitalist hardware is any good, largely because it's increasingly tied to capitalist software and cloud services. Even cars come loaded with spyware, security vulnerabilities, and buggy software these days.

   The exception is if you're a hardware hacker and willing to forego a huge amount of functionality to avoid being trapped in a walled garbage dump.

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     Angle (angle@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 16:00:35 JST Angle

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     It still amazes me how shitty capitalist software is, compared to capitalist hardware. Buy some hardware? It might be expensive, and it might not do everything you want, but it should usually be pretty decent for what it is, and not just randomly fuck with you for fun and profit. Software? No such promises. XD

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     Angle (angle@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 16:00:37 JST Angle

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     But of course, it might not be a virus! It might just be software that someone decided to make really shitty. Such is the state of modern corporate software - something locks you out of a device and demands your information? Par for the course, really. :/

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     Angle (angle@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 16:00:38 JST Angle

     So my dad got some weird email program on his phone that basically took over his home screen and demanded that he enter his google and yahoo information, in order to be able to use his phone again - and even after he linked it to his google account, it still wouldn't go away. I told him it was probably a virus or something, and that he should take his phone somewhere to have it removed, and make sure to de-authorize any suspicious services from his google account.