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"You need to try Linux" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by digital_alchemist@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Originally this was a reply to this article about a Windows feature called Recall, but there's a good argument the author's concerns resonate far beyond Windows and Meta to proprietary generally.

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[–] woop_woop@lemmy.world 227 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (30 children)

"im a henchman for a bad guy....and lemme tell you...I think we might be starting to do bad stuff...not sure yet..."

Thanks bud

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 120 points 1 month ago (13 children)

At some point we need to start welcoming people to the Light, instead of demonizing them for having been in the Dark. It's pretty difficult for me not to dunk on people as they wake up to the nightmare that they voted for, but a lot them ARE actually otherwise decent folks. Making America Great is going to involve deprogramming a lot of people.

[–] woop_woop@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

That's all good and well and I agree with you, but I also believe if you have and are continuing to feed the machine, then you don't get to be put on a pedestal or respected for recognizing how bad the machine is. This person is repeating something that is already very well known and accepted and is simultaneously adding to the alarm while causing it. I have extremely low patience for that particular brand of person. They are continuing to cause the problem they are rallying against.

If I were face to face with this person, I'd genuinely say "either quit working there or shut the fuck up."

[–] parody 2 points 1 month ago

I wonder if employees of evil corporations reading your comment are more likely to quit or chill their speech

I hope that at least one whistleblower stays employed at every evil corp

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