XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   XPost: alt.os.linux   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:31:18 -0400, Larry Wolff   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 6/30/2024 8:49 AM, Kees Nuyt wrote:   
   >   
   >>> You must be out of your mind to concern yourself   
   >>> with this kind of thing.   
   >>   
   >> Bill, you must be out of your mind to quote all 245 lines of   
   >> Andrew's article to just add your 2 cents.   
   >   
   >It's a worthwhile privacy concern to think about which operating systems   
   >are designed to require logging into the maker's servers for most of the   
   >vital essential services that comprise the core of the operating system.   
      
   It's not just a privacy concern.   
      
   The point about laptop computers is that they are *portable*. You can   
   take them to meetings at remote locations where there is no internet   
   access. You can take them to libraries and archives to do research.   
   You can use them (for a while) if the mains electricity goes off.   
      
   Being tethered to the mothership means that portable computers cease   
   to be portable and are forced to be, well, tethered.   
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa   
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   Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com   
   E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk   
      
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