Originally Posted by Garak
It's not about fear. It's about managing risk, and, more than fear, about absolutely despising a certain business model. A product has to do something that I want to have done, before I'll even consider it. For instance, I've never seen the need in yelling at a crappy little speaker in an effort to hear the weather or a song I like. That's not fear. That's disdain. The risks are only the icing on the cake.
Give me an open source cell phone where I have control over how I compute, and we'll talk. Neither Apple nor Google get to decide how I use technology or media.
Good luck with your open source cell phone.
All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.
It's not about fear. It's about managing risk, and, more than fear, about absolutely despising a certain business model. A product has to do something that I want to have done, before I'll even consider it. For instance, I've never seen the need in yelling at a crappy little speaker in an effort to hear the weather or a song I like. That's not fear. That's disdain. The risks are only the icing on the cake.
Give me an open source cell phone where I have control over how I compute, and we'll talk. Neither Apple nor Google get to decide how I use technology or media.
Good luck with your open source cell phone.
All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.
