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1. tgma+Rs1[view] [source] 2025-08-26 05:37:09
>>kotaKa+(OP)
The funny thing is Stallman started his fight like half a century ago and on regular days Hacker News shits on him eating something off of his foot and not being polished and diplomatic, and loves practical aspects of Corporate Open Source and gratis goodies and doesn't particularly care about Free Software.

On this day suddenly folks come out of the woodwork advocating for half baked measures to achieve what Stallman portrayed but they still hardly recognize this was EXACTLY his concern when he started the Free Software movement.

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2. 827a+DS2[view] [source] 2025-08-26 15:42:38
>>tgma+Rs1
No, I hate this change from Google, and everyone involved with it should be ashamed of themselves, but Stallman is an extremest and I don't believe his world would be better than this one.

There's genuine need for application developers to gain access to extremely secure end-to-end attestation of the environment their apps are running in. Its a rare need, but it does exist. There's also genuine need for some consumers to opt-in to a strict security regime.

Google's change forces this draconian, dishonorable regime on all application developers and on all users. Its a change that serves no one except their shareholders.

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3. fsflov+ie9[view] [source] 2025-08-28 14:20:56
>>827a+DS2
> but Stallman is an extremest

No, he isn't, >>45025116

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