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Why We Can't Have Nice Software (andrewkelley.me)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And then there’s the subscription model. Where you don’t own or even license software. You just continually pay rent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not just software anymore, increasingly physical products too thanks to the whole IoT nonsense where every appliance you buy has to connect to the manufacturer to work now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that part is super fucked up. I have IoT in my ceiling fans. I had to call their support line to have them remotely turn off the beeping that accompanies a button press.

The feature can’t be deactivated locally. I literally had to have my ceiling fan join my Wi-Fi network so that support could remote in and disable a beep that no one could possibly want.

Oh yeah, my oven has Wi-Fi. What possible reason could there be for my oven to have network access? It’s beyond ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Crazy how we're basically losing the right to personal property under late stage capitalism.