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dist-epochtoday at 11:20 AM3 repliesview on HN

Yes, which is why I use paid-for OSes and browsers, instead of free ones like Linux or Firefox. I don't want to be the product.


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pipe2devnulltoday at 11:25 AM

I think with Windows you probably are the customer and the product

coldteatoday at 1:53 PM

With Linux you can control up to the detail any auto-update, and any update in general, all the way to being able to inspect the code.

pjc50today at 1:37 PM

Man, this is a dumb take even by HN standards.

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