radiocate
radiocate t1_j8obia2 wrote
Reply to comment by who_you_are in 11 states consider 'right to repair' for farming equipment by Ranew
It's greed. Some fucking bean counter at the top had the bright idea to change a purchase of equipment into purchasing a license to use that equipment, and when people kept buying anyway thought they'd stumbled on a goldmine.
Has nothing to do with liability or protecting an industry, it was entirely born of greed.
radiocate t1_j9gvzh0 wrote
Reply to comment by Carbidereaper in Google starts rolling out Memory and Energy Saver modes to latest Chrome release by Stiven_Crysis
If you care about browser privacy, you should not be using Chrome, and it truly is that simple. If you want a chrome-like browser with privacy, Vivaldi or Chromium is a good choice, but Chrome-proper is absolutely not a "private" browser