alt Hacker NewsDo you believe the same thing about a toaster that you don't have a root account for? Do you think people didn't own things before the idea of root was created in the 1970s?
Computers don't have to follow the same design choices as were done 50 years ago.
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zb3 • today at 7:29 PM
If the toaster acts against my interest and I can't change its behaviour then yes, absolutely.
It doesn't have to be named root, the point is that my device should act in my interest to the fullest extent permitted by the law.
But those running illegal monopolies no longer fear the user and blantantly ignore their choices (yes vs "remind me later" is a good example), if I can't enforce my choice, I don't own that.
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Toasters are heating elements with slots for bread. The 70s saw ten men walk on the moon and return to Earth to tell us all about it. Whatever point you were trying to make wasn't made.