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   Ciara (ciarani@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Apr-2025 15:34:52 JST Ciara

   Maybe there isn't A Tipping Point, but several. Like milestones on the long road to freedom. I've just reached one.

   #AI
   #Enshittification

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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 04:28:24 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     congrats on your step up the freedom ladder.
     
     may it encourage more such steps, to be taken by you and by others.
     
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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 04:47:15 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Paolo Redaelli

     @paoloredaelli
     Please note that the text in the OP is specifically •about• switching to free software alternatives.

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     Paolo Redaelli (paoloredaelli@mastodon.uno)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 04:47:16 JST Paolo Redaelli

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @CiaraNi
     Try using Notepad++ or one of the several #freesoftware #alternative listed on https://alternativeto.net/software/notepad/?license=opensource&platform=windows
     @inthehands

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 14:33:52 JST 翠星石

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     • Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸
     • LisPi
     • jalict
     @lispi314 @Natanox @jalict @CiaraNi >They usually come with pre-installed bloatware and potentially malware.
     *They always come preinstalled with proprietary malware.
     
     If you are going to buy new hardware, it's best to buy hardware that can be GNUbooted, so you can experience 100% freedom.
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     LisPi (lispi314@udongein.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 14:33:53 JST LisPi

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     • Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸
     • jalict
     @Natanox @CiaraNi @jalict > It should just work, tinkering with it doesn't have to be exciting.
     
     Here bidets are aftermarket add-ons (built-in is far too overpriced). Not anything exciting or complicated, but something that needs doing anyway.
     
     I don't use a car, but apparently with newer DRM-locked cars it can be necessary to modify the seats to enable heating feature & so on.
     
     > To share a buyer's guide for ready-to-use Linux devices would be more useful in most cases.
     
     I would recommend against using pre-installed OSes in /general/, whether Linux, Windows or something else.
     
     They usually come with pre-installed bloatware and potentially malware.
     
     Linux distros tend to come with weird nonstandard package repositories that aren't properly maintained.
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     Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸 (natanox@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 14:33:55 JST Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸

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     • jalict

     @jalict @CiaraNi Haha, yeah… and Mastodon is probably *the* social network where you'll get barraged by comments of IT hobbyists who somewhat miss that, for many people, a computer isn't more than a car or a toilet. It should just work, tinkering with it doesn't have to be exciting.

     To share a buyer's guide for ready-to-use Linux devices would be more useful in most cases. Got an old one here, in case someone wants one (better open in desktop view though).
     https://noxblog.eu/821/make-your-computer-your-computer/4/

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     jalict (jalict@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 14:33:56 JST jalict

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     @CiaraNi When I saw the parent toot I literally thought about this toot haha.

     It is really a bit of a disease :)

     But more on topic; most tech at the moment is literally so bad... So many awful choices that makes it SO hard.. So much noise. Recall/Copilot was also my major tipping point.

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     Ciara (ciarani@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 14:33:57 JST Ciara

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     You mean well, I know, all of you who read what I wrote, but are now telling me to install Linux anyway. Please just let me have this today, friends. Please don't make me tap the sign.

     https://mastodon.green/@CiaraNi/114001805605468618

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 19:06:36 JST 翠星石

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     @Natanox @jalict @CiaraNi @lispi314 How is enjoying and encouraging 100% freedom making things worse?
     
     It's only making things better.
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     Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸 (natanox@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 19:06:37 JST Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸

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     • 翠星石
     • LisPi
     • jalict

     @Suiseiseki @jalict @CiaraNi @lispi314 You guys are actively making things worse for people. Your instance name is telling though.