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Fuck Micro$oft

It's time to switch to Linux! Because it's free as in freedom.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes, they called themselves the "most open operating system". Which in fairness doesn't imply all the "free" FSF freedoms, but at least being unable to work around restrictions or reverse-engineer to me definitely contravenes "open".

That said, this is just beating a dead horse; literally anyone with a brain who knows what Linux is knows that Windows is less open.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe they meant open, as in it leaks your private data and is open to be exploited by advertisers, malware etc?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Open as in "spread your cheeks and your wallet" open

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

I would not mind the first part

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

Only if the people doing the exploiting aren't using Windows, because that goes against the terms of service.