When the microcomputer first landed in homes some forty years ago, it came with a simple freedom—you could run whatever software you could get your hands on. Floppy disk from a friend? Pop it in. S…
Same thing that happens whenever interested parties gain control of your stuff, they use it to benefit themselves at your expense. Watching the digital age transition from such potential for freedom and personal empowerment to walled gardens, access restrictions and consolidated control has been a tragedy to experience.
Same thing that happens whenever interested parties gain control of your stuff, they use it to benefit themselves at your expense. Watching the digital age transition from such potential for freedom and personal empowerment to walled gardens, access restrictions and consolidated control has been a tragedy to experience.