@stefanlaser @astrojuanlu @despens
@stefanlaser
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Bitcoin fixed the money issue to an extent, but also has led to extreme #repression.

We cannot underestimate the attacks that various FOSS persons have endured, especially since #bitcoin's creation. It really is a #SilentWar against #computing. Removal of #DVDDrives a part of it in our view.

Corporate state race to fight FOSS hard. In #Australia our NBN is now VDSL2 (sans any FOSS drivers!).

No #RMS denegration, pls.

@astrojuanlu @despens

Burn a DVD for a friend with cool stuff on it as a belated #Christmas gift.

Draw a fun picture on it.

Ask them to treasure it.

Be almost too #romantic about it.

#burnADVD #DVDDrives

@eris
Computing? The loss of DVD drives, the patent on bluray, the dependence on cloud storage.

Solutions: don't buy computers without #DVDDrives, ignore #Bluray patents (especially in end times), teach linux/encryption.

The Internet? CDNs and reverseProxies that spy on people's full browsing experience, including passwords. A: I2P, teach privacy.

Technology? In hands of CAGEFAM. A: Block CAGEFAM at Network level until they sell IPAddresses and only have 1M remaining. Requires many blockers.

Over past several months we've realised that the whole notion of #computing and managing your own data is under threat.

The loss of the #DVDDrives in computers…

The #CloudFlare-will-run-#webBrowser-in-#theCloud-and-give-you-a-remote-view-of-what-it-might-see problem.

The wholesale takeover of #cloudStorage…

Its **our collective duty** to stop it, and to help other to end the trend, by demanding better.

Educate. #Educate. Educate.

Don't let them break computing because #bitcoinWar.

@jgoerzen
Its okay people, the corporation stopped making #computers with #DVDDrives.

Something, something, #streamingServices to burn to planet if we remember correctly.

@alienghic
@F1RUM

@cy
This! ^^^ and #waterproofing. They must shoot that #ad of people swimming and diving with their latest #shartPhone.

Oh and which phones are getting smaller? Over past several years all the thin #phones are designed to be so large they scarcely fit in a #pocket, slip out, and break, or bend.

We say revive #Minis. Its ironic but they had #replaceableBatteries too.

(In a somewhat related note, we abhor the push to remove #DVD Drives from #computers.)

#DVDDrives #smartphones #obsolescence

DVD data disc:

> you won't lose me because you can label me and store me in a sane location.

USB thumb drive:

> you won't lose me because you can put me on a key ring?

#usbDrives #thumbDrives #USBs #DVDs #bluray #opticalDisk #DVDDrives #blurayDrive #DVDDisks #blurayDisc #microchips #semiconductors #semiconductorShortage #supplyChains #recycling #blameChinaLol

What is it with people who have computers without #DVD drives?

Is there something wrong with them?

#computing #computers #DVDDrives