Right, Betamax much? It doesn’t really matter if one technology is objectively “better” on all aspects than another if the strategy to make it popular outpaces the other.
To be clear I wish you were right (even though I don’t find open source models to be free of problems) but I think the conclusion is a wish, not a logical one.
No.
Not because it’s not technically feasible but rather I would psychologically not manage to make money knowing my portfolio, either directly or via EFTs, makes me money by profiteering of BigTech or surveillance capitalism.
Full disclosure : I did have Apple and NVIDIA stocks and I did sell them not because they were not making money (there sure were) but because I felt disgusted by HOW they made money.
PS: KYC and related laws in a lot of countries demand you use your real information and declare your earnings, so again it’s not a technical problem, it’s at least ALSO a legal problem, and arguably a moral one if you believe KYC kind of laws help to curb money laundering.
I think that’s an important distinction here :
versus
So when you say “what’s frustrating is that we can’t really vote with our wallets, and any right-to-repair or consumer-is-in-charge movement is going to be limited by intelligence agencies, corporations like John Deere, Apple, and the entire entertainment industry” I disagree.
We CAN really vote with our wallets precisely by purchasing things like Precursor, MNT, NitroKey, etc while at the same time expecting, sadly, that it won’t become the most popular devices in the market. I believe allowing creators and maintainers of such system, and even distributors like CrowdSupply, to exist even though they are and might always remain niche, is already empowering. So I’d argue both of us already voted with our wallets on this topic and our acquaintances too.
I’d also be cautious about preemptive pessimism. Sure it’s important to be mindful of worrisome examples like the FlipperZero (which AFAICT is only banned for purchase in Brazil due to lack of Anatel’s certification for wireless, I believe it’s possible to legally bring and use a FlipperZero in the country but I’m not a lawyer) or DRM for streaming (which I thought was a huge deal until I disabled DRM support in my browser and basically nothing changed in my browsing habits) precisely to learn from them. Also FWIW I did gather some ideas on the topic at https://fabien.benetou.fr/Content/SwappingPartsOfTheRestrictionStack so I’d be curious about your opinion on the topic, suggestions welcomed.
TPM. It’s what protects your phone and servers from attackers. Desktop would also benefit from it a lot.
Hard disagree here, TPM is only 1 more protection, it’s not what alone does protect your data.
Also desktop vs phone and servers are very different use cases. You can easily get your phone stolen in a public space. Your server if it hosted in a data center you don’t own might get compromised … but your desktop, it means breaking in or inviting in guests you do not trust. The situations are very different. Encrypting disks on a small device holding sensitive data, e.g. banking, that can easily be taken from you in public makes sense for most people. Doing so on a heavy bulky device that sits in your locked house where is quite another thing.
FWIW for RPi https://www.crowdsupply.com/anavi-technology/anavi-tpm-2-0-for-raspberry-pi and more generally to store anything anywhere https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/nitrokey-storage-2-56
Neat, also got my Precursor there, but then are you saying that projects there are limited and if so how?
To be clear I don’t think anybody wants to pirate anything.
I think most people who met an artist creating content they admire absolutely want to help them make more.
But… when somehow this artist get “represented” by an absolute asshole who tries to get as much money as possible while breaking all the way we have to actually enjoy the art, convince more artists to do the same, coerce others who refuse then repeats the cycle worsening the situation for everybody, including for people who do not even want to be involved, … well fuck that.
limited by intelligence agencies, corporations like John Deere, Apple, and the entire entertainment industry
What do you think of commercial platforms like CrowdSupply with e.g. https://www.crowdsupply.com/search?q=tpm where OSHW solutions can be sold to individual and companies?
What software?
Anyway you can use QEMU https://computernewb.com/wiki/QEMU/Guests/Windows_11 or rent a VPS for the duration of your testing, assuming there is hardware related.
Historical context : it’s a 1yo post.
TPM itself isn’t the problem. TPM itself technically might be a good solution, what the FSF precisely put forward is “out of the user’s control”. They even mention how it’s not about theoretical ideas but how it’s actually used. If Microsoft gets to decide HOW your computers works DESPITE you wanting NOT to behave that way AND it makes Microsoft itself, or its partners, even more entrenched then it’s a serious problem, it means “your” computer is their computer.
What we have all witnessed is that bit by bit OSes like Windows, but also MacOS and Android, are not simply providing stores or tightly controllers channel (with fees for themselves) but ALSO removing entirely, or making it radically harder, to install software the user actually wants to install (not malware).
It’s not about TPM, it’s as usual about who control your computer.
It’s not the only way, e.g. “Sorbonne University has decided to unsubscribe from the Web of Science, to refocus its attention on free, open and participative infrastructures like OpenAlex” from https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/news/sorbonne-university-decides-withdraw-times-higher-education-world-university-rankings
Tried the demo a little while ago, ready to use whenever it’s being actually usable.
No idea on iOS, specifically left the OS due to its lack of interoperability.
On Android I did test but https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.atharok.screentime/ or https://f-droid.org/en/packages/godau.fynn.usagedirect/ looks like good candidate. I’m not sure if they have export or publish to API functions but I image at this point would be relatively easy to add.
Interesting, I’d complete it with KDE Connect to add mobile usage.
Years some companies make virtual temporary cards.
Belgian Post does that, prepaid MasterCard with IBAN. They or the partner bank does KYC (no choice) but shops don’t get your data.
Freedom to be exploited or exploit others even harder for “success”.
Sarcasm aside there are state equivalents, e.g. CCPA.
Worthwhile yet tricky. Companies like OpenAI, Google, Meta, etc are full of experts in statistics and they have access to a lot of storage space. If use a service from those companies, say 4hrs per day between 7am and 9pm, at a certain frequency, e.g. 10 requests / hour, then suddenly, when you realize you actually do not trust them with your data, you do 10000 req/hr for 1hr then that’s a suspect pattern. Then might be able to rollback until before that “freak” event automatically. They might still present you as a user your data with the changes but not in their internal databases.
So… I’m not saying it’s not a good idea, nor useful, but I bet doing it properly is hard. It’s probably MUCH harder than do a GDPR (or equivalent) take out request then deletion request AND avoiding all services that might leverage your data from these providers.
why I stick with open source. Sadly, I don’t know what to do about hardware
OSHW, e.g. https://www.crowdsupply.com/
That’s what shadow IT is for.
You try through the normal channels, explaining why, and if it’s not enough, you find a way to still be productive DESPITE the rules of the place. Then eventually you move on to a saner place.
It’s always about AGENCY and power, not performances or preferences.