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   ooignignoktoo (ooignignoktoo@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 13:09:58 JST ooignignoktoo
   Had amazon give me a random 30 day prime trial for free. I guess the 30 day trials let you use the prime gaming feature and I got a ton of gog.com codes and snagged Tomb Raider Anniversary and Mafia 1 Remake for free.
   
   Can't complain for free.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 13:09:57 JST 翠星石

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     @ooignignoktoo >Gave you a baited offer to take more of your freedom.
     >You took the bait.
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     ooignignoktoo (ooignignoktoo@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 13:33:07 JST ooignignoktoo

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     @Suiseiseki Not sure how I loss freedom on a free trial. You just turn off auto renewal and you don't pay anything. I already had a GOG account so it was just more freebies.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 13:33:07 JST 翠星石

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     @ooignignoktoo You received a copy of nonfree software under a proprietary license, therefore freedom lost.
     
     Just because you don't pay with money doesn't mean you haven't paid with your freedom and your freedom is more valuable to you than money will ever be.
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     ooignignoktoo (ooignignoktoo@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 14:36:31 JST ooignignoktoo

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     @Suiseiseki Considering I already had a gog.com account and already had games on there before this is a shit take.
     
     Also for someone touts software freedom part of that aspect of freedom is freedom of choice.
     
     It feels like to me you don't really value software freedom and only want people to use software that you approve of which is pretty authoritarian and quite contradictory of what the philosophy of freedom is.
     
     Some free open source software is good and has it's uses but there is plenty of non-free software that is also decent as well and I'm not going to restrict myself from using it because some ideological zealots in the FOSS space online tell me do to so.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 14:36:31 JST 翠星石

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     @ooignignoktoo >Considering I already had a gog.com account
     That was not relevant to what I was writing about.
     
     You lose freedom with each and every proprietary programmed installed - whether you used a "gog account" or not is not relevant.
     
     >part of that aspect of freedom is freedom of choice.
     Yes, part of freedom is being free to grab a pistol and start blasting holes in your feet, but I'm clearly going to mention that doing so is a mistake.
     
     >It feels like to me you don't really value software freedom and only want people to use software that you approve of which is pretty authoritarian and quite contradictory of what the philosophy of freedom is.
     I don't see what's authoritarian about making suggestions that you shouldn't install malware on your computer, or you shouldn't shoot your feet, as I cannot do anything to stop you from doing either.
     
     What would be a contradiction would be to support the execution of proprietary software merely because it was gratis, or the proprietary license had less bad restrictions than usual.
     
     >I'm not going to restrict myself from using it
     You got it backwards - if you use it, it restricts you, but if you don't use it, you are free of restrictions.
     
     That's also like saying; "I'm not going to restrict myself from not putting on these handcuffs".
     
     >there is plenty of non-free software that is also decent as well
     What I regards as decency is; "not malware", "doesn't spy", "obeys the users orders", "won't stop working at any time" and "can be legally shared, understood and improved", which proprietary software fails all or most of.
     
     The functionality of a program is no good if you cannot exercise such functionality in freedom.
     
     Most proprietary programs frankly suck functionality wise and the main reason why people use them is often because there is proprietary sabotage that makes carrying out the tasks in freedom difficult.
     
     >ideological zealots in the FOSS space online
     GNU/JIHAD AGAINST "FOSS" AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF PROPRIETARY DEGENERACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
     FREE SOFTWARE!!!!!!!!!!
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 14:52:59 JST 翠星石

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     @ooignignoktoo What if I told you my opinion is correct even though it is biased towards what is good and just?
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     ooignignoktoo (ooignignoktoo@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 14:53:00 JST ooignignoktoo

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     @Suiseiseki