Comment by HiPhish
6 hours ago
> which is something you don't buy nor own, you buy a license to use it on the provider's terms
The distinction between "own" and "license" is purely a legal one. If I buy a kitchen table I own it, I can chop it up and use the pieces to make my own furniture and sell it. When I buy a copy of a Super Mario game I cannot rip the sprites and make my own Super Mario game because I don't own the copyright nor trademark of Super Mario. But I do own the copy, and Nintendo does not get to march into my home and smash my games because they want me to buy the new one instead of playing my old ones.
> linux phones can't come soon enough GNU/Linux. I used to think Stallman was being petty for insisting on the "GNU" part, but nowadays I understand why he insists on calling it GNU/Linux. There is nothing less "Linux" about Android than Debian, Arch or any other GNU/Linux distro, but GNU/Linux is fundamentally different in terms of user freedom from Android.
> Nintendo does not get to march into my home and smash my games because they want me to buy the new one instead of playing my old ones.
This is a really interesting example to choose because the new Nintendo Switch 2 cartridges have literally no data storage except to hold a license key. The content has to be downloaded from their servers, which they absolutely will take offline eventually.