[LAU] Look ma, I'm in the paper :)

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 02:31:06PM +0100, Massimo Barbieri wrote:

> Il 01/11/2016 14:17, Louigi Verona ha scritto:
>
> > Really depends on your definition of "nasty" and "evil". Some people
> > consider lack of anonymity doing payments as "evil". The are, of course,
> > free to do that, but they should not expect others to agree with them.
> 
> This is an interesting point of view.

Interesting or not, it's a misrepresentation of people who think
like that, a typical simplification to black and white categories.
Things are bit more subtle. Payments not being anonymous is in
itself nothing evil. But when that lack of anonimity is used to
systematically collect data on people's purchasing habits and
interests, and that data is then sold to whoever is prepared to
pay for it, then it can become something 'evil' very easily. 

Regarding viewing DVDs on linux: if you need some 'unofficial'
libraries I'd call that 'inconvenient' rather than 'evil'.
And it's not the open source people who are forcing DRM on
consumers. Blame the right ones for once.

Ciao,

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FA

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It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)