XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   XPost: alt.os.linux   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-07-01 20:36, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Ummmm...   
      
   I've had Mac laptops for more than 30 years.   
      
   I've never been tethered.   
      
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