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   Carlos E.R. to Marion   
   Re: A good thing or a bad thing (Was: Tu   
   08 Apr 25 02:37:12   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-04-08 02:01, Marion wrote:   
   > On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 00:45:01 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :   
   >   
   >   
   >>> No other common consumer operating system restricts free app re-use.   
   >>> Only Apple.   
   >>   
   >> that defines that software as "non Free", period. Don't beat   
   >> around the bush. Meaning, don't write long explanations. That is not   
   >> Free software. It may be gratis, but it is not Free. Uppercase.   
   >   
   > There is free open source software which does not cost money but when   
   > distributed by the Apple App Store, it's locked to a specific Apple ID.   
   >   
   > No other operating system vendor does that for software that is free.   
   > Only Apple.   
      
   AGAIN, that is not FREE Software.   
      
   Stop calling it Free. It ain't. This is serious, Arlen. Study it up. You   
   claim to be clever. Be it.   
      
   >   
   > Call it whatever you want to call it, but that's what Apple does to it.   
      
   I don't care who does it.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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