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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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