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    Why can't I just buy it without being charged for preinstalled spyware? (lemmy.world)
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    Shopping for a laptop as a Linux user:

    Screenshot from the Simpsons where Otto is talking to Marge and Homer standing next to a window in their house with a caption "Oh wow, windows!... I don't think I can afford this place."

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    [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Source: trust me bro

    [–] cuerdo@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    The source is common sense, same way I know that they turn off the lights at night.

    They can do it, they have the incentive to do it, there is nobody to tell them not to do it

    [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    And just because they're open source linux distros are immune to this?

    [–] cuerdo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

    I don't think so, this is not a cultural war, evil will try to penetrate every system.

    Of course it will be more difficult in a transparent system