XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11
XPost: alt.os.linux
From: usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org
On 2024-06-29, Andrew wrote:
> Do the non-Apple common consumer operating systems (android, linux,
> win10/win11) work WITHOUT logging into the mothership mainframe servers?
> My only question to the non-Apple newsgroups is whether or not it is a true
> statement of mine that no other common consumer operating system (not even
> Windows 11) requires a mothership tracking account for basic functionality
> (certainly I am well aware Android does not require it).
If I want upgrades they come from debian servers but I don't need to
log in or to connect to their servers for the upgrades. (can use a
third party, or self hosted, mirror etc)
> Is my statement correct for all the non-Apple common consumer systems?
It's almost certainly false for some non-apple system, possibly one
that you have not considered. If you mean only the systems you listed
above, you should explicitly say that.
> Q: Does any non-Apple common OS require a mothership account for the
> basic functionality of the operating system that people love about it?
I think windows asks, but there's a way to refuse.
> That's all I ask to flesh out here, as I care only about the truth.
You are using a lot of words in slightly unusual ways, and yet saying very
little, are your Arlen?
> I will only respond to those who stick to the topic of whether the
> non-Apple operating systems ALSO are set up on the dumb-terminal model
> (with the inherent loss of privacy, particularly in meta-data collection).
"dumb-terminal model" Well that's clear as mud! you must be Arlen.
> Below is simply a note I wrote today,in response to a question on the
> Apple iOS newsgroup
I'm stopping here' I don't want to read a cross post out of context
and don't trust you to use language in an understandable way.
--
Jasen.
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