diff --git a/content/posts/why-i-dont-like-proprietary-software.md b/content/posts/why-i-dont-like-proprietary-software.md index 0e30202..fc62314 100644 --- a/content/posts/why-i-dont-like-proprietary-software.md +++ b/content/posts/why-i-dont-like-proprietary-software.md @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ --- -title: "Why I Don't Like Proprietary Software (as an Anarchist)" -date: 2022-08-08T4:50:00-07:00 -draft: true +title: Why I Don't Like Proprietary Software (as an Anarchist) +date: 2022-08-08T04:50:00.000-07:00 tags: - - computers - - software freedom - - anarchism - - goolag ---- +- computers +- software freedom +- anarchism +- goolag +draft: true +--- > Why aren't you using normal software? -*Alright, so this article is mainly meant for the people at uni who glance over at my laptop screen and wonder why I'm not using a "normal" operating system.* +_Alright, so this article is mainly meant for the people at uni who glance over at my laptop screen and wonder why I'm not using a "normal" operating system._ -*In short, I believe that proprietary software is an existential threat to our individual autonomy.* +_In short, I believe that proprietary software is an existential threat to our individual autonomy._ -*For the long answer well, you'll have to actually **read** it.* +_For the long answer well, you'll have to actually **read** it._ What do I mean when I say that proprietary software is an existential threat to our individual autonomy? To start with, there are a significant amount of incentives for proprietary software developers to do things which harm your autonomy, such as operating systems which prevent the user from installing apps other than from a single location. Since there is no way to excercise [your freedoms](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html#four-freedoms), it is impossible to verify that the software isn't doing injustice to you, such as with [period tracking apps providing data to tech giants without user consent](https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/opinions/period-trackers-app-roe-abortion-ranney-yao/index.html). \ No newline at end of file