▲ | JumpCrisscross a day ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> PCs had root access by default, so why wasn't it a significant problem for them? They weren't networked. They were notoriously buggy. And most importantly, they weren't warrantied [1]. Root should always be an option. But once you root, it's fair for the warranty to be voided. > OS vendors such as Google and Microsoft have been deliberately "manufacturing concent" Nitpick, the propaganda model [2] attempts to describe traditional mass media. Two of its five pillars (ownership and sourcing) fall apart in a world with smartphones and social media. [1] https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/university-of-rizal-syst... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_model#Criticism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | burnt-resistor a day ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
My PCs were homebuilt and networked in 1994. All warranties void, except the hardware. Windows 3.1 and Netscape over 28.8 sucked, but it worked. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | hilbert42 a day ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uh? My PCs and corporate PCs I've been responsible for are networked including the internet (they always have been). Moreover, they were warranted with no conditions about what software was run on them. Where on earth did you get that notion from? Just because some vendor [your links] has conned the unfortunate client into an unacceptable contract doesn't mean it's commonplace or ever was. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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